TRENDnet TE-1710 User manual

TE-800/TE-1710
10BASE-T ETHERNET HUB
USER’S MANUAL

10BASE-TETHERNET HUB
USER’S MANUAL
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
This equipment generates, uses and radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. This
equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class A computing device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when operated in a commercial environment.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be
required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the
interference.
CE Declaration of Conformity
This equipment complies with the requirements relating to
electromagnetic compatibility, EN55022 class A for ITE and
EN50082-1, the essential protection requirement of Council
Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION.................................1
PALM Ethernet hub................................................. 1
Product Features............................................. 1
Product Specifications.....................................2
Chapter 2. INSTALLATION..................................5
Twisted Pair cable..................................................5
Interconnection Guidelines....................................6
Establishing a Twisted Pair Network.....................8
Cascading the hub by Uplink port.........................9

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of an Ethernet hub. Your hub
was designed and manufactured to give you years of trouble-free
and reliable service.
This hub is designed for plug-and-play installation and easy
management. The hub provides an Uplink connection for your
network expansion via a RJ-45 connector, making it easy to link
two hubs together.
This hub features Link/Activity LEDs to show the connection and
activity status of each port. Power and Collision indicators show
the status of the hub as a whole.
Product Features
 Compliance to IEEE 802.3 10Base-T/2 standard.
 Automatic partitioning function of each port to isolate
network failure.
 LED indicators for each twisted pair port for network link and
activity reporting diagnosis.
 Compact design.
 The hub’s housing is made with Aluminum providing
excellent performance for heat dissipation and EMI.
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Product Specifications
Media 8 port 9 port 17 port
10Base-T/STP 8 8 16
10Base-2/BNC 1 1
Uplink port 1 1 1
LED indicators
Power/PWR   
Collision/COL   
BNC Partition  
LINK   
Activity/ACT   
Safety Regulation
CE   
FCC class A   
Power Supply
Power Adapter 7.5V/1A 7.5V/1A 7.5V/1A
Housing
Dimension (mm) 165x102x30 190x102x30 305x102x30
Housing Material Aluminum Aluminum Aluminum
Packing list
Hub 8 port 9 port 17 port
Power Supply   
Manual   
50-ohm Terminator  
T-connector  
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The Rear and Front Panel of MINI Hub
Uplink TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP1 DC
IN
(The Rear Panel of 8 port PALM hub)
(The Front Panel of 8 port PALM hub)
BNC Uplink TP16 TP15 TP14 TP13 TP12 TP11 TP10 TP9 TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP 1
DC IN
(The Rear Panel of 17 port PALM hub)
(The Front Panel of 17 port PALM hub)
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LED indicators:
Power/PWR: Lit whenever the hub is connected to a
power source and is turned on.
Collision/COL: Lit whenever a packet collision occurs on
the Ethernet network. A collision means that
two or more stations have tried to transmit the
same time. Frequent collisions may mean that
network segment is congested.
Link/TP: Lit when there is a good connection between
the workstation and the port that is connected
to.
Activity/ACT: Blinking whenever a packet is transmitted or
received.
BNC: Blinking when the data is transmitted.
Rear Panel indicators:
Uplink TP: This is a module, you may use either the
Uplink for cascade another hub or TP port for
normal workstation connection.
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CHAPTER 2
INSTALLATION
TWISTED PAIR CABLE
You may use Cat. 3 or better cables for your 10Base-T Ethernet
environment. It is important that the pairings of wires in the
modular plug match the pairs in the modular jack as well as the
horizontal and backbone wiring. If they don’t, the data being
transmitted may be paired with incompatible signals.
Pair 1 (Blue)
Cat. 5. Cable Pair 2 (Green)
Pair 3 (Orange)
Pair 4 (Brown)
The pin assignment on modular jack:
+ 1 (Orange)
2 Pair 3
+ 3
4 (Blue) (Green)
5 Pair 1 Pair 2
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7 (Brown)
8 Pair 4
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INTERCONNECTION GUIDELINES
The Ethernet Hub makes your various types of Ethernet networks
interconnection comes true. Using the hub, you can efficiently
build up and flexibly interconnect twisted-pair Ethernet networks.
Furthermore, having great expansion capability, the hub keeps
your existing coaxial Ethernet system still valuable, capable of
connecting different Ethernet cabling systems together with wide
range of configuration.
No matter what kind of medium and configuration you choose to
build up your network, certain guidelines must be observed.
1. The Distance Guidelines of Twisted-pair Wire, Coaxial
Cable.
Medium Connection Max. Distance
Twisted Pair hub to station 100 meters
Twisted Pair hub to hub 100 meters
Twisted Pair hut to AUI adapter 100 meters
Thin cable hub to hub 185 meters
2. Guidelines for the maximum Ethernet Network Length
 A maximum of three to four Ethernet hubs or repeaters may
be attached within the path between any two stations,
according to your network environment.

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Referring to the following examples will improve your
understanding:
I. Network Interconnection via Twisted-Pair Wire:
100M
100M
100M
100M
100M
Note: The maximum cable distance from computer to hub or from
hub to hub via twisted-pair is 100 meters. Maximum of 4 hubs can
be uplinked together using the UTP cables.
II. Network Interconnection via Thin cable:
|← 185M (Thin Cable) →|
100M (TP cable) 100M
Note: Thin cable = RG-58A/U or RG58/U, 50 Ohms cable. The open end
of the T connector should be terminated with a 50 Ohms terminator. The
maximum Ethernet network length via thin coax cable is 185M.
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Establish a Basic Twisted-Pair Network
1. Placing the hub
The hub should be located in a secure place accessible only to the
network administrator. It should be close to a power source, since
it requires power in order to operate.
When a suitable location is identified, connect one end of the
power to the hub and plug the other end into the power outlet.
After plugging the hub into a power outlet, you should check the
Power LED. If the power LED lights, then the hub is receiving
power and you can go on to the next step.
2. Connecting to the network
Once you have found an appropriate place for your hub, you can
connect network stations to it using 10Baes-T twisted pair,
10Base2 thin coaxial.
For twisted pair connections, you should use Category 3 or better
twisted pair cable. The cable should be installed by qualified
professional to insure that every part of your installation is capable
of carrying 10Base-T signals.
3. Connecting 10Base-T Twisted Pair Cabling
To connect station using twisted pair cabling, simply plug the cable’s
RJ-45 connector into an available RJ-45 connector on the hub.
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4. Connecting 10Base-2 Thin Coaxial Cabling
To connect the 10Base-2 network, attach the cable’s BNC T
connector to the BNC port on the hub. The open end of the T
should be terminated by using a 50 Ohms Terminator.
Cascading the hubs by Uplink port
When connecting two hubs, one hub uses the UpLink port and the
other end is on a normal port. The UpLink port connects directly
to a normal Twisted Pair cable, no crossover cable is needed.
Up to 7 PCs
Uplink TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP1 DC IN
Up to 6 PCs
Uplink TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP1 DC IN
Up to 6 pcs
Uplink TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP1 DC IN
Up to 4 PCs
Up to 7 pcs
Uplink TP8 TP7 TP6 TP5 TP4 TP3 TP2 TP1 DC IN
(Diagram illustrates of 8 port 10Base-T hub cascading)
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