Netgear EN108 EN104 Installation Guide - Page 10

Cascade the Hub The following illustration shows cascading hubs together in a hierarchical star through the 10BASE-T ports and indicates the setting of the Normal/Uplink push button on each hub. Hub 1 10 BASE-T HUB EN116 Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 LINK Rx 5 6 7 8 Normal Hub 2 10 BASE-T HUB EN108TP Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Uplink Hub 3 10 BASE-T HUB EN108TP Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Uplink Hub 4 Uplink Hub 5 Uplink A B 8735FA Note: Ethernet specifications limit the number of hubs with twisted pair links in any communication path to five, as shown in the example. When PC "A" communicates with PC "B," the communication path goes from hub 4 to hub 2, to hub 1, to hub 3, and then to hub 5. The following illustration shows cascading hubs together daisy-chain style and indicates the setting of the Normal/Uplink push button on each hub. Model EN104 hub 10 BASE-T HUB EN104 Pwr LINK Rx Col Model EN108 hub Normal 10 BASE-T HUB EN108 Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 LINK Rx 5 6 7 8 Model EN116 hub Uplink 10 BASE-T HUB EN116 Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 LINK Rx 5 6 7 8 Uplink 8733FA Model EN104/EN108/EN116 Ethernet Hub Installation Guide