Farallon Communications 8-Port 10-100M User Manual

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8-Port 10/100M

N-Way Mini Switch

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User Guide

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Introduction

This user guide is applied to the 8 ports 10/100M N-Way Mini
Switch . The 8-Port 10/100M N-Way Mini Switch is designed
for easy installation and high performance in an environment
where traffic on the network and the number of users
increase continuously. Small businesses and corporate
branch offices can now take full advantage of 100Mbps
Fast Ethernet performance and preserve existing desktop
investment with no changes required to PCs, NICs, cabling,
drivers, or PC configurations.

Key Features

• Conforms to IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802. 3u
100BASE-TX standards

• Eight 100/10Mbps RJ-45 ports

• Support store-and-forward mode switching

• Full and Half-Duplex mode operation

• IEEE802.3x flow control for Full-Duplex operation

• Back pressure for Half-Duplex flow control

• Support one Uplink port for expansion

• Auto-negotiation capability

• Source address learning and aging function

• LEDs to indicate : TEST, Speed/ACT.,FDX/COL., and
Power status

Performance Highlights

• Provide one Uplink port for uplink to another switch, hub
or repeater

• Store-and-forward switching scheme capability to
support rate adaptation and ensures data integrity

• Auto-negotiation on each port.

• Auto-polarity detection for correction of incorrect
polarity on the received twisted pair on each port

• Data forwarding rate 148,800 pps per port at 100% of
wirespeed

• Data filtering rate eliminates all error packets, runts, etc.
at 148,800 pps per port at 100% of wire-speed

• The shortest forwarding latency time

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Package Contents

• One 8-Port 10/100M N-Way Mini Switch

• One External Power Adapter

• Two Screws

• Two Anchors

• This User Guide

Hardware

The following describes the front panel, rear panel and LED
indicators of the 8-Port 10/100M N-Way Mini Switch .

Front Panel

LED Indicators

LED Color Status Description

Power Green On Power on 1

On

100Mbps for data

On

10Mbps for data

Full- D up lex s ta t us o f

On

Co llis io n o c c u r s o f

3

Loop test error

occurs

100Mbps of

connected port

receiving

10Mbps of

connected port

receiving

connected port

10M or 100M

Tes t Y ello w O n

Green

Flashing

Speed/Act.

Yellow

Flashing

FDX/Col. Green

Flashing

Number of

LED

1

8 ( 1-8 )

8 ( 1-8 )