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TEG-S50TXE
5-Port 1000BASE-T
Gigabit Ethernet Switch
User’s Guide
(A2)

FCC Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
regulations for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with this user’s guide,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to
cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
CE Mark Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this
product may cause radio interference, in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.
VCCI Warning
This is a product of VCCI Class A Compliance.
P/N: 1907GSW205T5000

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE...................................................1
TERMS...........................................................................1
OVERVIEW OF THIS USER’S GUIDE..............................1
INTRODUCTION..........................................................3
GIGABIT ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY.............................3
SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY...........................................4
FEATURES.....................................................................5
UNPACKING AND SETUP.......................................... 7
UNPACKING ..................................................................7
SETUP............................................................................7
IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS..........9
FRONT PANEL...............................................................9
REAR PANEL.................................................................9
LED INDICATORS.......................................................10
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS............................. 13

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ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This user’s guide tells you how to install your 5-Port
1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Switch, how to connect it to
your Gigabit Ethernet network.
Terms
For simplicity, this documentation uses the terms “Switch”
(first letter upper case) to refer to the 5-Port 1000BASE-T
Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and “switch” (first letter lower case)
to refer to all Ethernet switches, including the 5-Port
1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
Overview of this User’s Guide
Introduction. Describes the Switch and its features.
Unpacking and Setup. Helps you get started with the basic
installation of the Switch.
Identifying External Components. Describes the front panel,
rear panel and LED indicators of the Switch.
Technical Specifications. Lists all the technical specifications
of the Switch.

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INTRODUCTION
This section describes the features of the 5-Port 1000BASE-T
Gigabit Ethernet Switch, as well as providing some
background information about Gigabit Ethernet and switching
technology.
Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support for
CSMA/CD protocol, full duplex, flow control, and
management objects, but with a tenfold increase in theoretical
throughput over 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet and a hundredfold
increase over 10-Mbps Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all
10-Mbps and 100-Mbps Ethernet environments, Gigabit
Ethernet provides a straightforward upgrade without wasting a
company’s existing investment in hardware, software, and
trained personnel.
The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit
Ethernet is essential to coping with the network bottlenecks
that frequently develop as computers and their busses get faster
and more users use applications that generate more traffic.
Upgrading key components, such as your backbone and
servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network
response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic
between your subnets.
Gigabit Ethernet supports video conferencing, complex
imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise,
since data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet,

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servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC’s are able to
perform 10 times the number of operations in the same amount
of time.
Switching Technology
Another key development pushing the limits of Ethernet
technology is in the field of switching technology. A switch
bridges Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of the
Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or
fast Ethernet LAN segments.
Switching is a cost-effective way of increasing the total
network capacity available to users on a local area network. A
switch increases capacity and decreases network loading by
making it possible for a local area network to be divided into
different segments which don’t compete with each other for
network transmission capacity, giving a decreased load on
each.
The switch acts as a high-speed selective bridge between the
individual segments. Traffic that needs to go from one segment
to another is automatically forwarded by the switch, without
interfering with any other segments. This allows the total
network capacity to be multiplied, while still maintaining the
same network cabling and adapter cards.
Switching LAN technology is a marked improvement over the
previous generation of network bridges, which were
characterized by higher latencies. Routers have also been used
to segment local area networks, but the cost of a router and the
setup and maintenance required make routers relatively