KINGSTON KNE16WG - Manuals

2 General Information Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Model Types 8-Port Hub Models LINK / ACTIVITY / PARTITION Workgroup Hub PWR CASCADE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BNC UTIL % COLL % KNE8TP/WG KNE8TP/WG 8-Port WorkGroup Hub LINK / ACTIVITY / PARTITION Stackable Hub KNE8TP/SE PWR CASC...

General Information 3 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Special Features • 8 or 16 UTP ports for 10BASE-T connection • 1 BNC port for 10BASE2 thin Ethernet connection • 1 AUI port for backbone or mixed media (16-Port models only) • UTP Link, Activity, and Partition Status LE...

4 Design Features Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Design Features The EtheRx hub complies with the full set of repeater basic functions as defined by IEEE 802.3, Section 9. These functions include all Repeater Functions, Signal Regeneration, Jabber Lockup Protection, Fragm...

Design Features 5 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Automatic Partitioning/Reconnection If any of the ports on the EtheRx hub experience excessive collisions, duration collisions, or faulty conditions, that particular port can be partitioned. Once partitioned, the hub will c...

6 Hardware Installation Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Hardware Installation Before you begin installing network cables, please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the EtheRx hubs. The front and rear panels of the Stackable hubs are used for illustration. Note...

Hardware Installation 7 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Utilization and Collision LEDs There are five Utilization and five Collision LEDs to display the network traffic and number of collisions on the network. The utilization LEDs measure the amount of data traffic in fram...

8 Hardware Installation Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 8 or 16 UTP Port LEDs The LINK/ACTIVITY/PARTITION LEDs use two colors to display three states of operation for the 8 or 16 UTP ports. If a good link is established on any given port, the green LED will be continuously...

Hardware Installation 9 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Using a Straight-Through Cable Using a Crossover Cable Fig. 1-4 Cable Switch functions Notes on MDI and MDI-X Ports MDI (Media Dependent Interface) is the IEEE 10BASE-T standard for the interface to the UTP cable. For...

10 Hardware Installation Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Rear Panel BNC 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 POWER Fig. 2-1 KNE8TP/SE Rear Panel POWER BNC AUI 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 Fig. 2-2 KNE16TP/SE Rear Panel BNC Port This port is labeled BNC, and has a built-in transceiver...

Network Configurations 11 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Network Configurations The installation of the EtheRx hub is simple and can be configured for either the Ethernet Star topology, Linear Bus topology, or vertically stacked (SE models only), or horizontally cascaded ...

12 Network Configurations Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Linear Bus Network The typical network configuration for 10BASE2 networks is a Linear Bus topology in which nodes are connected to the BNC connector via a thin coaxial cable. This configuration allows 10BASE2 nodes ...

Network Configurations 13 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Stacking EtheRx SE Hubs The EtheRx SE hubs use stacking ports located on the front panel to stack up to five SE hubs in any combination of 8-Port KNE8TP/SE and the 16-Port KNE16TP/SE models. Follow the directions be...

14 Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Appendices

Appendix A Pin Assignments 15 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix A Pin Assignments UTP Pin Assignments UTP Ports use RJ-45 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cabling. Cable Pin Numbers and Pin Wiring Assignments are listed below in Figure A-1 and Table A-2, respectively. ...

Appendix B Cabling Guidelines 17 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix B Cabling Guidelines Cable Type When connecting network cables, the following table shows appropriate networking guidelines associated with each cable type. Ethernet Standard: 10BASE5 10BASE2 10BASE-...

18 Appendix B Cabling Guidelines Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Cable Wiring Standards There are two governmental agencies: the Electronic Industry Association (EIA) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), which set the standard for all cable wiring require...

Appendix C Specifications 19 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix C Specifications EtheRx 8-Port WorkGroup and Stackable Hubs KNE8TP/WG KNE8TP/SE 8-Port 10BASE-T WorkGroup hub 8-Port 10BASE-T Stackable hub Compliance: IEEE 802.3 Section 9 Basic Repeater Functions IEEE ...

20 Appendix C Specifications Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 EtheRx 16-Port WorkGroup and Stackable Hubs KNE16TP/WG KNE16TP/SE 16-Port 10BASE-T WorkGroup hub 16-Port 10BASE-T Stackable hub Compliance: IEEE 802.3 Section 9 Basic Repeater Functions IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T Twist...

Appendix D Mounting Templates 21 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix D Mounting Templates The EtheRx WorkGroup hubs can be stationed on a flat surface using the four rubber feet provided, or mounted vertically by using the mounting holes on the bottom side of the unit...

22 Appendix E Product Warranties and Notices Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Appendix E Product Warranties and Notices Limited Warranty KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ("Kingston") warrants that this product is free from defects in material and workmanship. Subject to ...

Appendix E Product Warranties and Notices 23 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company Warranty Claim Requirements To obtain warranty service, return the defective product, freight prepaid and insured, to your local authorized Kingston dealer or distributor, or to the Kingston facto...

24 Appendix E Product Warranties and Notices Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 F.C.C. Certification This device has been tested and found to comply with limits for Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditi...

Appendix E Product Warranties and Notices 25 EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company How to Reach Kingston If you have any problems, questions, or comments associated with installing or using your EtheRx WorkGroup or SE hub, please call Kingston Technical Support. For the latest f...

EtheRx Workgroup Hubs For Internal Use Only Kingston Technology Company EtheRx User’s Guide - Rev. B00 Revision Level Comment A1 General Release. A2 Added “Appendix D Mounting Templates”. A3 New Enhanced design with cable switch, two-color LEDs (red for partition status), and LEDs for AUI and BNC po...