Airlink101 AGIGA8SW User Manual
8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide
8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (Desktop)
Model # AGIGA8SW
Quick Installation Guide
Ver. 2A
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8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the regulations for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with this
user's guide, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case
the user will be required to correct the interference at his
own expense.
CE Mark Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this
product may cause radio interference, in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.
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Table of Contents
About this Guide ............................................. 4
Terms .......................................................................... 4
Overview of This User Guide .................................. 4
Introduction ...................................................... 5
Gigabit Ethernet Technology ................................... 5
Switching Technology .............................................. 6
Features ...................................................................... 7
Unpacking & Installation ................................ 8
Unpacking ................................................................. 8
Installation ................................................................. 8
External Components ...................................... 9
Front Panel ................................................................. 9
LED Indicator Panel ............................................... 10
Rear Panel ................................................................ 10
Technical Specifications ................................ 12
Technical Support .......................................... 14
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8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide
About This Guide
This user's guide tells you how to install your 8-Port
1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Switch, how to connect it to
your Gigabit Ethernet network.
Terms & Usage
For simplicity, this documentation uses the terms "Switch"
(first letter upper case) to refer to the 8-Port 1000BASE-T
Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and "switch" (first letter lower case)
to refer to all Ethernet switches, including the 8-Port
1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
Overview of this User's Guide
This user guide contains the following sections:
IntroductionIntroduction
Introduction⎯Describes the Switch and its features.
IntroductionIntroduction
Unpacking and InstallationUnpacking and Installation
Unpacking and Installation⎯Helps you get started
Unpacking and InstallationUnpacking and Installation
with the basic installation of the Switch.
Identifying External ComponentsIdentifying External Components
Identifying External Components⎯Describes the
Identifying External ComponentsIdentifying External Components
Switch’s front panel, rear panel, and LED indicators.
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echnical Specificationsechnical Specifications
T
echnical Specifications⎯Lists the Switch’s technical
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echnical Specificationsechnical Specifications
(general, physical and environmental, and
performance) specifications.
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Introduction
This section describes the features of the 5-Port 1000BASE-T
Gigabit Ethernet Switch, as well as providing some
background information about Gigabit Ethernet and
switching technology.
Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support for
CSMA/CD protocol, full duplex, flow control, and
management objects, but with a tenfold increase in
theoretical throughput over 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a
hundredfold increase over 10Mbps Ethernet. Since it is
compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet
environments, Gigabit Ethernet provides a straightforward
upgrade without wasting a company's existing investment
in hardware, software, and trained personnel.
The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by
Gigabit Ethernet is essential to coping with the network
bottlenecks that frequently develop as computers and their
busses get faster and more users use applications that
generate more traffic. Upgrading key components, such as
your backbone and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly
improve network response times as well as significantly
speed up the traffic between your subnets.
Gigabit Ethernet supports video conferencing, complex
imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise,
since data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet,
servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC's are able to
perform 10 times the number of operations in the same
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