3Com 6000 Network Router User Manual


 
2-port 10/100 FIC (3C13861) 59
Table 1 2-port 10/100 FIC interface attributes
Panel and Interface LED The following figure illustrates an 2-port 10/100 FIC panel.
Figure 1 2-port 10/100BASE-T FIC Panel
LINK-OFF means the link is not connected and ON means the link is connected
ACTIVE-OFF means no data is being transceived on the interface and blinking
means data is being transceived.
Ethernet cable As shown in the following figure, Ethernet cable of 2-port 10/100 FIC cards is a
category-5 twisted pair with RJ45 connectors. Pins 1 and 2 of the interface are at
the transmitting terminal, and Pins 3 and 6 are at the receiving terminal.
Figure 2 Ethernet Cable
Make Ethernet cable
Ethernet cable uses the category-5 twisted pair composed of eight cores that are
identified and grouped by their insulation layer colors. Usually a unicolor wire and
the white/unicolor wire for it are in pairs. But sometimes, color dots are used to
indicate which wires belong in pairs.
Attribute
Description
2-port 10/100 FIC
Connector RJ45
Connector number 2
Cable Standard Ethernet cable
Operating mode
Full duplex/Half-duplex
10M/100Mbps auto-sensing
Supported frame format
Ethernet_II
Ethernet_SNAP
RJ45
RJ45
8
1
8
1