KINGSTON KNE4TX/WG - Manuals

2 Introduction Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Special Features • 100BASE-TX Class II compliant repeater • Conforms to IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX standard • 4 or 8 UTP ports for 100BASE-TX connections • 4 or 8 Link, Activity, and Partition/Error status LEDs for easy troubles...

Design Features 3 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Design Features The EtheRx hub complies with the full set of repeater basic functions as defined by IEEE 802.3u. These functions include all Repeater Functions, Signal Regeneration, Receive Jabber Protection, Collision-H...

4 Front Panel Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 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 Fast Ethernet Workgroup hubs are illustrated below. F...

Front Panel 5 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Utilization LEDs The five Utilization LEDs display the rate of network traffic in percentages of the total available bandwidth. The amount of data traffic is measured in frames per second (FPS), then calculated into percenta...

6 Front Panel Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Cascade Switch The Cascade Switch provides cable wiring flexibility on the last UTP Port (i.e., Port 4 or Port 8) for connecting to a workstation or cascading to another hub. By default, the last UTP port is set to “Crossove...

Front Panel 7 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Port 1 through Port 3 (or 7) respectively, like all normal hub ports, are configured MDI-X, whereas the last UTP ports, Port 4 or Port 8, support both port configurations, MDI and MDI-X. All NICs (Network Interface Cards) an...

8 Rear Panel Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Rear Panel Fig. 1-6 KNE4TX/WG Rear Panel Fig. 1-7 KNE8TX/WG Rear Panel 4 or 8 UTP Ports The UTP ports are numbered 1 through 4 or 1 through 8 for 100BASE-TX connections. Since crossover function is implemented on all UTP MDI-...

Appendices 9 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Appendices

10 Appendix A Pin Assignments Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 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, respectivel...

Appendix B Cabling Guidelines 11 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix B Cabling Guidelines UTP Cable Wiring 100BASE-TX unshielded twisted-pair cables can be wired as "Straight-Through" or, in some cases, "Crossover" depending on the application. For ...

Appendix B Cabling Guidelines 13 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Rating Codes UTP cables meet different UL-NEC requirements based on cable-jacket quality. Below is an explanation of the rating codes for each cable type. UL – The National Electrical Code (NEC), published...

14 Appendix B Cabling Guidelines Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 4. NEAR - END CROSSTALK (NEXT) – In wires packed together within a cable, the signals generated at one end of the link can flush out the weaker signals coming back from the recipient. Appendix C Specificat...

16 Appendix D Commonly Asked Questions Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Appendix D Commonly Asked Questions Class I vs. Class II 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Repeaters There are currently two classes of Fast Ethernet repeaters, defined as Class I and Class II . Class I : in ...

Appendix D Commonly Asked Questions 17 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Category 5 Compliance vs. Category 5 Performance? Having CAT 5 components in your network installation does not necessarily achieve full Category 5 performance. To achieve any category-rated performa...

18 Appendix D Mounting Templates Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 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. The illustrations below d...

Appendix F Warranties and Notices 19 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company Appendix F Warranties and Notices Limited Warranty Statement KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ("Kingston") warrants that this product is free from defects in material and workmanship. Subject to the...

20 Appendix F Warranties and Notices Kingston Technology Company KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 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 factory se...

Appendix F Warranties and Notices 19 KNExTX/WG User’s Guide - Rev. A00 Kingston Technology Company 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 conditions: ...