Acer ALH-616ds - Manual (Page 24)

• By way of an uplink port with a Bridge function, the limitations on 100Mbps
hub count(maximum 2) can be eliminated. The hub count is unlimited and
cable length between hubs can reach 100 meters, as shown in Figure 3-
4.
Figure 3-4 Unlimited cascading of ALH-616ds.
• All PCs with 10Mbps network adapter cards transmit data at 10Mbps and
form the 10Mbps network domain, as shown in Figure 3-5.
• PCs with 10/100Mbps network adapter cards will auto-negotiate and switch
the network speed to 100Mbps. They transmit data at 100Mbps and form
the 100Mbps network domain, as shown in Figure 3-5.
Figure 3-5 Network domains and bridged uplink.
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