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automatically and may be turned on without
having any or all LAN segment cables connected.
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DENTIFYING
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OMPONENTS
This chapter describes the front panel, rear panel, and LED
indicators of the Switch.
Front Panel
The figure below shows the front panels of the Switch.
Figure 3. Front panel of 16-port 10/100Mbps Fast
Ethernet Switch
LED Indicator
Comprehensive LED indicators display the status of the switch
and the network (see the LED Indicators chapter
below).
10/100BASE-T Twisted-Pair Ports
These ports support network speeds of either 10Mbps or
100Mbps, and can operate in half- and full- duplex transfer
modes. These ports also supports automatic MDI/MDIX
crossover detection function gives true “plug and play”
capability, just need to plug-in the network cable to the hub
directly and don’t care if the end node is NIC (Network Interface
Card) or switch and hub.