Netgear FS526T - 24-Port Smart Switch with Gigabit Ports インストールガイド

This chapter describes the hardware features of the NETGEAR Model FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch. Topics include: 

Front and back panels 

10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing RJ-45 ports 

LED descriptions 

 

Figures 2-1 and 2-2 show the key components on the front and back panels of the NETGEAR Model FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet Switch. 

 

The front panel contains LEDs and RJ-45 jacks.  The back panel has a standard AC power receptacle for accommodating the supplied power cord.

  

 

 

As Figure 2-1 shows, the FS526T Smart Fast Ethernet

 

Switch has 24 10/100 Mbps and 2 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 ports. These ports are auto-

sensing 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Mbps ports: When you insert a cable into an RJ-45 port, the switch automatically ascertains the maximum speed 
(10 or 100 or 1000 Mbps) and duplex mode (half- or full-duplex) of the attached device. All ports support only unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable 
terminated with an 8-pin RJ-45 plug. 

 

To simplify the procedure for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto Uplink. This technology lets you attach devices to the RJ-45 ports 
using either straight-through or crossover cables. When you insert a cable into the switch’s RJ-45 port, the switch automatically:

 

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Senses whether the cable is a straight-through or crossover cable, and 

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Determines whether the link to the attached device requires a “normal” connection (such as when connecting the port to a PC) or an 
“uplink” connection (such as when connecting the port to a router, switch, or hub). 

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After ascertaining this information, the switch automatically configures the RJ-45 port to enable communications with the attached 
device, without requiring user intervention. In this way, the Auto Uplink technology compensates for setting uplink connections, while 
eliminating concern about whether to use crossover or straight-through cables when attaching devices.