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. AirLink+ 5-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide Table of Contents About this Guide ............................................. 4 Terms .......................................................................... 4 Overview of This User Guide .................................. 4 Introduction ...................................................... 5 Gigabit Ethernet Technology ................................... 5 Switching Technology .............................................. 6 Features ...................................................................... 7 Unpacking & Installation ................................ 8 Unpacking ................................................................. 8 Installation ................................................................. 8 External Components ...................................... 9 Front Panel ................................................................. 9 LED Indicator Panel ............................................... 10 Rear Panel ................................................................ 10 Technical Specifications ................................ 12 Technical Support .......................................... 14 AirLink+ 5-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide 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 & Usage 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 This user guide contains the following sections: Introduction IntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIntroduction.Describes the Switch and its features. Unpacking and Installation Unpacking and InstallationUnpacking and InstallationUnpacking and InstallationUnpacking and InstallationUnpacking and Installation.Helps you get started with the basic installation of the Switch. Identifying External Components Identifying External ComponentsIdentifying External ComponentsIdentifying External ComponentsIdentifying External ComponentsIdentifying External Components.Describes the Switch’s front panel, rear panel, and LED indicators. T TTTTTechnical Specifications echnical Specificationsechnical Specificationsechnical Specificationsechnical Specificationsechnical Specifications.Lists the Switch’s technical (general, physical and environmental, and performance) specifications. AirLink+ 5-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide 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 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and a hundredfold increase over 10Mbps Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps 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, servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC's are able to perform 10 times the number of operations in the same AirLink+ 5-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Guide 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 p...