
Quidway® AR 46 Router 100 M Ethernet Line Module
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Quidway® AR 46 Router 100 M Ethernet Line Module
Overview
The 10/100 M Ethernet electrical interface module and 100 M Ethernet optical interface module of
the AR46 router provide Fast Ethernet (FE) electrical and optical interfaces respectively, mainly for
communicating with the router and LAN.
At present, the AR46 router has two ordinary 10/100 M Ethernet electrical interfaces: 1-port fast
interface module and 2-port fast interface module. 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 AR46 router has two particular 10/100 M Ethernet electrical interface modules, which
are 8-port Ethernet layer-2 switching module and 16-port Ethernet layer-2 switching module. This
module is mainly used to implement the layer-2 switching function. Up to eight/sixteen 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 as follows:
Support layer-2 forwarding. z
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Support broadcast storm suppression ratio.
Support MAC address aging time.
Support dividing VLAN (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 AR46 router are shown in the following
table.

Quidway® AR 46 Router 100 M Ethernet Line Module
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Product Number
Connector Type
Description
AR-FIC-1FE RJ45
AR46 1-port 十 /100 Mbps Ethernet electrical
interface module (RJ45)
AR-FIC-2FE RJ45
AR46 2-port 十 /100 Mbps Ethernet electrical
interface module (RJ45)
AR-FIC-1SFX SC
AR46 1-port 100 Mbps single-mode optical
interface Ethernet module (1310nm,15km, SC)
AR-FIC-1MFX SC
AR46 1-port 100 Mbps multi-mode optical
interface Ethernet module (1310nm,2km, SC)
RT-FIC-8LS
RJ45
8-port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet layer2 switching
interface module
RT-FIC-16LS
RJ45
16-port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet layer2 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 FIC-FE card is standard network
cable (straight through network cable).
z SC: rectangular fiber connector
SC fiber connector