D-Link DE-528CT Installation Guide - Page 16

DE-528CT Ethernet Adapter / User s Guide Step 2. Network Cable Connections Before connecting a network cable to the DE-528CT adapter, ascertain that the network cable medium is Twisted-Pair1 or Thin Coaxial2 cable. Then refer to one of the two sections following, according to your network cable type. Twisted-Pair Cable Ascertain that you have a straight3 twisted-pair cable, UTP cable (Cat. 3 ,4 ,5) or EIA/TIA-568 non-standard 100-ohm STP cable, not more than 100 meters (328 feet) in length for the network connection. The cable will have an RJ-45 plug on each end. The stations are connected in a star topology. a star topology 1 Twisted Pair (TP) cable features RJ-45 connectors, and is available with or without EM shield. TP cable without EM shield is also known as 10BaseT cable or UTP (Unshielded Twisted-Pair) cable. TP cable with EM shield is known as screened twisted-pair cable, and the EM shield may be either an aluminum sheath or a copper braid enclosing the twisted-pair bundle. 2 Thin Coaxial features BNC connectors and is known by a variety of other names, including 10Base2 cable, BNC cable, and RG-58 cable. 3 Pins 1 and 2 must be a pair (the connected wires must be a twisted pair in the cable makeup) and pins 3 and 6 must be a pair. Each pin must connect straight through the cable (that is pin 1 through to pin 1 of the opposite connector, pin 2 to pin 2, pin 3 to pin 3, and pin 6 to pin 6; pins 4, 5, 7, 8 are not used). 3-2 Hardware Installation