Transition Networks LAN MASTER 33022.B - Manual (Page 12)

LANMaster™ T8 8-Port Ethernet™ Repeater Hub 10 9
10-Mb/s Baseband Network Configuration Guidelines
Ethernet 802.3 specifications define network configuration guidelines for the 10-Mb/s baseband network:
10BASE-T, 10BASE-2, and 10BASE-5 cable
segments can be installed as a single Ethernet
collision domain if the cable segments are
connected using repeaters.
When connecting LANMaster T8 repeater hubs,
the transmission path between any two Data
Terminating Equipment (DTE) network devices
can consist of no more than five segments. (A
segment is the independent network cable
connection between repeaters or between
repeaters and network devices.)
To verify the network configuration by assigning
segment numbers to cable connections:
1. Determine the two terminals in the
network which are separated by the
greatest number of segments.
2. Assign a segment path between the
terminals by labeling the cable
connected to one of the terminals
“segment 1” and the segment connected
to the other terminal “segment n” (n =
total number of segments
≤ 5).
3. To verify that no segment paths contain
more than n segments, assign segment
paths and numbers to all other terminals.
4. Verify than no more than three of the
segments are 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-5
with multiple stations attached.
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