Netgear EN108TP EN104TP Installation Guide - Page 9

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. Model EN108TP hub 10 BASE-T HUB EN108TP Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Normal Model EN108TP hub Model EN106TP hub 10 BASE-T HUB EN108TP Pwr Col 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Uplink 10 BASE-T HUB EN106TP Pwr Col Link/Rx Partition Normal/Uplink 1 2 3 4 5 6 Uplink Model EN104TP hubs Uplink Uplink A B 8727FA 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 (or five paths). Model EN104TP/EN106TP/EN108TP Ethernet Hub Installation Guide