3Com OfficeConnect Hub 8 User Manual

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Contents

10Before You StartYour OfficeConnect hub comes with:n One power adapter for use with the OfficeConnect hubn A Product Registration card for you to fill out and returnn Four rubber feetn A stacking clipn Two unit labels and eight cable ties.n An OfficeConnect Network Assistant CD-ROM.The extra parts mentioned in the next section are notsupplied with the hub.Workstation ConnectionsTo connect workstations or other equipment to your hub,you need:1 A 100BASE-TX adapter card foreach workstation. 3Comproduce a range of easy toinstall network adapter cards,which provide yourworkstations with 100BASE-Tconnections.2 An operating system (for example, Netware or Windows95/98) with network support configured, running onyour workstations.3 One ‘Straight-through’ 100BASE-TX cable for eachworkstation or piece of equipment. A ‘Straight-through’cable is one where the pins of one connector areconnected to the same pins of the other connector; referto Figure 5 on page 16. 100BASE-TX cable must be datagrade (Category 5) shielded or unshielded. Werecommend that you use shielded cable. The maximumlength you can use is 100m (328ft).In order to comply with the 100BASE-TX standard,ports designed for workstation connections have beenmarked with the graphical symbol ‘x’ (1x, 2x, 3x, ...).This denotes a crossover in the port’s internal wiring.Hub ConnectionsTo connect to another OfficeConnect hub, you need:n One ‘Straight-through’ 100BASE-TX cable. The maximumlength is 100m (328ft). Refer to “ConnectingOfficeConnect Hubs Together” on page 13.3213C16721.book Page 10 Wednesday, July 7, 1999 3:05 PM