
Quidway® AR 28 Series 100 M Ethernet Line Module
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Quidway® AR 28 Series 100 M Ethernet Line Module
Overview
The 10/100 M Ethernet electrical interface module and 100 M Ethernet optical interface module of
the AR28 router provide Fast Ethernet (FE) electrical and optical interfaces respectively, mainly for
communicating with the router and LAN.
At present, the AR28 router has two ordinary 10/100 M Ethernet electri cal interface modules: 1-port
fast interface module and 2-port fast interface module (not supported by AR281* and AR2809/B
modules). It also has two optical interface modules: 1-port fast single-mode optical interface
module and 1-port fast multi-mode optical interface module.
Moreover, the AR28 router has a particular 8-port Ethernet layer-2 switching module. This module
is mainly used to implement the layer-2 switching function. Up to eight 10/100 Base-Tx Ethernet
ports can be provided on the router. It is applicable to the small-sized enterprise network, serving as
the switching/routing integrated equipment. It is connected with the PC and network device in the
enterprise directly, lowering the investment of enterprise. The features of layer-2 Ethernet port are
shown in the following:
Support layer-2 forwarding. z
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Support broadcast storm suppression ratio.
Support MAC address aging time.
Support dividing VLANs (802.1Q) based on port (in 8-/16-port).
Not support STP/MSTP/RSTP. So, avoid loopback in the case of networking.
Not support port aggregation.
Specifications
The specifications of 100 M Ethernet line module of the AR28 router are shown as follows.

Quidway® AR 28 Series 100 M Ethernet Line Module
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Product Number Connector Type Description
RT-1FE RJ45 1-port 10/100Base-T module
RT-2FE RJ45 2-port 10/100Base-T module
RT-1SFX SC
1-port 100M single-mode optical interface Ethernet module
(1310nm,15km, SC)
RT-1MFX SC
1-port 100M multi-mode optical interface Ethernet module
(1310nm,2km, SC)
RT-8LS RJ45 8-prot 10M/100M Ethernet layer-2 switching interface module
Note:
z When making network cable, use the shielded cable first, to ensure the requirement of
Electromagnetic Compatibility.
z The interface cable contained in the standard configuration of FE card is standard network
cable (straight through network cable).
z SC: rectangular fiber connector
SC fiber connector