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K INGSTON T ECHNOLOGY F AST E THERX 16- P ORT , 24- P ORT & 32- P ORT 10/100TX R ACK- M OUNT ABLE F AST E THERNET S WITCH U SER’S G UIDE MODEL(S): KNS1650/R KNS2450/R KNS3250/R.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company i Kingston T echnology’ s Fast EtheRx 16-Port, 24-Port, & 32-Port 10/100BASE-TX Rack-Mountable Fast Ethernet Switch User ’ s Guide Part No. 4460186-001.A00 Kingston T echnology Company 17600 Newhope Fountain V alley , CA 92708 (714)435-2600 www .
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 ii Important Safety Instructions 1. Read all these instructions. 2. Save these instructions for later use. 3. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 4. Do not use this product near water .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company iii T ABLE O F C ONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................1 Special Features .............................
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KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Introduction 1 Introduction Intended Audience: This manual assumes that the user has a general working knowledge of networking principles and architecture and is familiar with network systems in general.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 2 Model T ypes Model T ypes KNS3250/R LINK / ACT LINK / ACT FDX / COL POWER FDX / COL Fast EtheRx 10/100TX 32-Port VLAN/Trunking Swi.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Package Contents 3 Package Contents Y our Fast EtheRx package should contain the following items: q One of the following model Fast EtheR.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 4 Design Features Design Features VLAN VLAN is short for V irtual Local Area Network, and is generally dened as a broadcast domain.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Design Features 5 Full-Duplex Full-Duplex transmission means that dedicated inbound and outbound channels are established for bi-directional transmission of data.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 6 Hardware Installation Hardware Installation Before you begin installing network cables, please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with Fast EtheRx Switch. The functions on the front and rear panels are illustrated in the following sections .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Hardware Installation 7 Full Duplex and Collision LED The FDX/COLL LED uses a single color LED to display two functions. A solid green light indicates that Full-Duplex operation has been detected.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 8 Software Installation Software Installation The Fast EtheRx Switch has several advanced features which can be congured from a Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000 workstation using the provided conguration cable.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 9 Use this option to open a previously saved conguration le. Save the current conguration to a switch conguration le. Save the current conguration with another le name.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 10 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Use this button to save the current conguration data to the device. After a successful write operation, the device automatically resets and initializes the new conguration.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 1 1 Device Conguration Properties System Parameters adjusted in this window will control overall system performance.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 12 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Aging Time The address-aging timer is built in to the table aging process. The minimum time is 1 second and the maximum is 510 seconds. 255 is the default value, if the number exceeds 255 it must be an even number .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 13 Port Individual port parameters are congured from this window . Select the port from the window on the left hand side and then modify the parameters on the right.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 14 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Address Learning • Enable : This option is enabled by default, which will cause the MAC address of the source of a packet to be learned.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 15 T runk Assignment The Kingston KNS1650R, KNS2450R, and KNS3250R switches support link aggregation/trunking. Trunking is a method of grouping multiple physical links as a single logical link.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 16 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Load Balancing Method In a multiple link trunk, the links within a trunk should have an equal amount of trafc in order to achieve maximum efciency .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 17 Sample source MAC address Sample destination MAC address 00:C0:F0:1C:23:48 00:C0:F0:22:32:51 Th.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 18 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Load Balancing Mapping – Port Based The port-based load balancing method is an explicit port assignment scheme. It requires that all other ports are assigned to a specic link (trunk port) in the trunk.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 19 VLAN This window allows users to dene VLAN membership by groups of device ports.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 20 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Disable : This option is selected by default.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 21 The group count is not limited. Users can specify n VLAN groups or even more groups for any n (n=number of ports on your switch) port switch.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 22 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Explicit Address T able Page The address table of the switch uses address learning (dynamic) or manual entry (static). Static entries are added to the address table of the device in this window .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 23 In this window , input the MAC address of a workstation, and choose an individual port or a trunk to which the workstation is connected.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 24 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility Using the Switch Conguration Utility Editing a Conguration File 1. Go to the Start menu, highlight Programs, Kingston Switch Conguration, and click on the Switch Conguration item.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 25 4. Click the button Open to open an existing conguration le, if necessary . 5. Click the button Properties to invoke the Properties Window to start or modify conguration settings.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 26 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 4. In the main window , choose the switch model from the Device T ype pulldown menu. 5. Select the I/O address used by the printer port of the host computer attached to the switch from the Printer Port I/O Address pulldown menu.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 27 Assigning T runks and Setting VLAN Groups Fast EtheRx 10/100TX 24-Port VLAN/Trunking Switch KNS.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 28 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 2. Select the T runk Assignment tab to begin assigning trunks. 3. Click the checkboxes to select T runk 1 and T runk 6, and assign their trunk ports.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 29 4. Click the radio boxes to assign trunk port mappings for T runk 1. For Ports 5 to 24, map them to different trunk ports. 5. Click the radio boxes to assign trunk port mappings for Trunk 6.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 30 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 7. Press the Add button to add a VLAN group. 8. Give the name ‘Engineer ’ in the edit box and select T runk 1 and Ports 5 through 8 to be members of this group.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 31 9. Press Add button to add another VLAN group. 10. T ype in ‘SalesMkt’ in the edit box and select Trunk 6, click Ports 9 through 1 1 to be members of this group.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 32 Kingston Switch Conguration Utility 1 1. T wo VLAN groups have been created, click OK to leave the Properties W indow .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company T roubleshooting 33 T roubleshooting Data cannot be read from or written to the device. 1. Make sure the switch is powered on. 2. Make sure the Conguration Cable is well connected. It should be connected to the PC’ s printer port directly .
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KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendices 35 Appendices.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 36 Appendix A - Pin Assignments Appendix A Pin Assignments UTP Port Pin Assignments UTP Ports use RJ-45 Unshielded T wisted Pair (UTP) cabling. RJ-45 modular plugs and their pin numbers and wiring assignments are listed below .
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix B - Cabling Guidelines 37 Appendix B Cabling Guidelines UTP Cable T ype When installing network cables, the following table shows appropriate cabling guidelines for 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet architecture.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 38 Appendix B - Cabling Guidelines UTP Cable W iring Standards There are two governmental agencies: the Electronic Industry Association (EIA) and the T elecommunications Industry Association (TIA), which set the standard for all cable wiring requirements for commercial buildings.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix B - Cabling Guidelines 39 UTP Cable Rating Codes UTP cables meet different UL-NEC requirements based on cable-jacket quality . Below is an explanation of the rating codes for each cable type.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 40 Appendix C - Specications Appendix C - Specications Compliance: IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T Standard IEEE 802.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix C - Specications 41 KNS2450/R 100BASE-TX 100 Mbps to 100 Mbps ≤ 13.6 ms 10BASE-T 10 Mbps to 10 Mbps ≤ 76.6 ms KNS3250/R 100BASE-TX 100 Mbps to 100 Mbps ≤ 17.8 ms 10BASE-T 10 Mbps to 10 Mbps ≤ 76.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 42 Appendix D - Fiber FX Modules & Installation Appendix D Fiber FX Modules & Installation There are three different optional ber modules available for use with your Fast EtheRx Switch.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix D - Fiber FX Modules & Installation 43 KNS150FX/ST The KNS150FX/ST module Installing the ber module 1. Remove the screws holding the metal plate cover located over the Fiber FX Module Port and remove the metal plate cover .
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 44 Appendix E - Mounting T emplates Appendix E Mounting T emplates The Fast EtheRx dual-speed hubs can be stationed on a at surface using the four rubber feet provided, or mounted in a standard 19” rack by using the mounting brackets and thumb screws provided with the unit.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix F - W arranties & Notices 45 Appendix F W arranties and Notices Limited W arranty Statement KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMP ANY (“Kingston”) warrants that this product is free from defects in material and workmanship.
Kingston T echnology Company KNS3250/R User ’ s Guide - Rev . A00 46 Appendix F - W arranties & Notices W arranty Claim Requirements T o obtain warranty service, return the defective product, fr.
KNS3250/R Users Guide - Rev . A00 Kingston T echnology Company Appendix F - W arranties & Notices 47 F .C.C. Certication This device has been tested and found to comply with limits for Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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