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About this Installation Guide
This Installation Guide describes the hardware characteristics, installation methods and the
points that should be attended to during the installation. This Installation Guide is structured as
follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction.
This chapter describes the external components of the switch.
Chapter 2 Installation.
This chapter illustrates how to install the switch.
Chapter 3 Connection.
This chapter illustrates how to do the physical connection of the switch.
Appendix A Troubleshooting.
Appendix B Specifications.
Audience
This Installation Guide is for:
Network Engineer Network Administrator
Conventions
• Some models featured in this guide may be unavailable in your country or region. For local sales
information, visit http://www.tp-link.com.
• The figures in Chapter 2 to Chapter 3 are for demonstration purposes only. Your switch may differ
in appearance from that depicted.
• This Guide uses the specific formats to highlight special messages. The following table lists the
notice icons that are used throughout this guide.
Remind to be careful. A caution indicates a potential which may result in device damage.
Remind to take notice. The note contains the helpful information for a bet ter use of the
product.
The Gigabit Unmanaged Switch provides you with a high-performance, low-cost, easyto-use, seamless and standard upgrade to boost your old network to 1000Mbps. By
increasing the speed of your network server and backbone connections, the Gigabit
Unmanaged Switch makes Gigabit a reality. Power users in the home, office, workgroup,
or creative production environment can now move large, bandwidth-intensive files
faster. Graphics, CGI, CAD, multimedia files and other large files moved by some
applications can be transferred across the network almost instantly.
The Gigabit Unmanaged Switch features a non-blocking switching architecture that
forwards and filters packets at full wire-speed for maximum throughput. The switch
supports MAC address auto-learning and auto-aging. It is compatible with all 10Mbps,
100Mbps and 1000Mbps Ethernet devices because it is standard-based. It protects
your existing network investments while providing you with a straightfor ward migration
path to faster Gigabit speed.
The Gigabit Unmanaged Switch is plug-and-play and no configuration is required.
Auto MDI/MDI-X cable detection on all ports eliminates the need for crossover cable
or Uplink port. Each port can be used as general port or Uplink port, and any port can
be simply plugged into a server, a hub, a router or a switch, using the straight cable or
crossover cable. Diagnostic LEDs which display link status and activity, allow you to
quickly detect and correct problems on the network.
TL-SG1008MP is a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE*). The 8 Auto-Negotiation RJ45
ports support Power over Ethernet (PoE*) function, which can automatically detect and
supply power with those IEEE802.3af/IEEE802.3at-compliant powered devices (PDs*).
Gigabit Unmanaged Switch
Note:
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*PSE is a device (switch or hub for instance) that will provide power in a PoE setup.
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*PoE is a technology that describes a system to transmit electrical power, along
with data, to remote devices over standard twisted-pair cable in an Ethernet
network.
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*PD is a device powered by a PSE and thus consumes energy. Examples include
powering IP telephones, wireless LAN access points, network cameras, network
hubs, embedded computers etc.
1.2 Features
For TL-SG1048/TL-SG1024/TL-SG1024D/TL-SG1016/TL-SG1016D/TL-SG1008:
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Complies with IEEE802.3i, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab standards