D-Link DFE-908X User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1 INTRODUCTION

  1
• Product Description

  1
• Product Features

  2
• Dual-speed Fast Ethernet/Ethernet Hub Technology Overview

  3
• 100BASE-TX Technology Overview

  5
• 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Introduction

  5
• Cables and Connectors

  5
• Topology

  6
• Network Diameter

  6
• Hub Types

  7
• 2 UNPACKING AND SETUP

  7
• Unpacking

  8
• Identifying External Components

  8
• Front Panel

  8
• Rear Panel

  10
• Installing the Hub

  11
• Installation

  11
• 3 UNDERSTANDING INDICATORS

  12
• Hub State Indicators

  12
• Port State Indicators

  13
• Port Speed Indicators

  14
• Switch Indicator (DFE-908x Only)

  14
• 4 MAKING CONNECTIONS

  17
• Hub Cascading/Building a Stack

  17
• Connectivity Rules

  18
• Hub to End-Station Connection

  19
• Hub-to-Hub Uplink

  21
• 5 CABLES AND CONNECTORS

  23
• 100BASE-TX Ethernet Cable and Connectors

  23
• Crossover Cables

  24
• 6 SPECIFICATIONS

  26
• General

  26
• Hub-to-Hub Cascading

  26
• LED Indicators

  27
• Environmental and Physical

  27