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EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Use this guide to install: Linksys EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-P ort 10/100 Switch(EF24G2) User Guide Instant Gigabit™ Series.
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EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Introduction Migrate your network to Gigabit speed with the EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24- Port 10/100 Switch. This new Switch from Linksys provides blazing transfer speeds for your network applications with integrated Gigabit over copper con- nectivity .
EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch 3 Getting to Know the Switch Power ( Gr een ) The LED will illuminate when the s witch is po w ered on. PER PORT Link/Act ( Gr een/Amber ) The LED will illuminate green when the port makes a connection at 100Mbps, and flash g reen when there is activity on the port at 100Mbps.
EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Installing the Switch Fast Ethernet Considerations If you will be using the Switch for F ast Ether net (100Mbps) or Gigabit (1000Mbps) applications, you must observe the follo wing guidelines: • The maximum UTP cab ling length using Category 3 cable is 328 feet (100 meters).
Switch Management The Linksys EtherF ast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-P ort 10/100 Switch offers an easy-to-use, menu-driv en console interface. Using this interface, you can per- form various s witch conf.
Instant Gigabit ® Series 2. The follo wing screen will appear . Enter a Name for this connection. In the example below , the name of the connection is EF24G2.
After you lo g on to the Switch, the Main Menu screen will appear . The Main Menu scr een consists of a series of options. Each option leads you to the screen for that management setting. Highlighting any option selects it; pressing the Enter ke y takes you to that screen.
13 • VLAN Conf iguration allows y ou to group individual ports into a small “virtual” network of their o wn, independent of the other ports. • Priority Conf iguration allows y ou assign varyin.
The P ort Conf iguration Menu screen ( shown her e ), allo ws you to vie w or change the follo wing values for each of the 24 10/100 ports: • Link Status - ( On/Off ) This v alue is automaticall y deter mined by the Switch and cannot be changed by the user .
17 16 EtherFast ® Dual Gigabit with 24-Port 10/100 Switch Instant Gigabit ® Series The P ort Trunking Conf iguration Menu screen ( sho wn here ), allo ws y ou to view or change the follo wing values.
Using the ar ro w keys, choose an y of the preset groups that you wish to trunk together and press the Enter ke y . Repeat the process until you ha ve chosen all the groups that you w ant to tr unk. After hitting the Enter ke y for each choice, that preset will disappear from the list and appear on the previous screen.
receiv e a message in the white status bar near the bottom of the screen that indicates whether or not the change w as accepted. Highlight the v alue next to Monitor P ort Rx and hit the hit the Enter key .
Setting priority lev els of ports allows the user to determine which ports will al wa ys transfer their data f irst. The Priority Conf iguration Menu screen ( shown her e ), allo ws y ou to view or ch.
Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la y er specif ication for 100 Mbps o v er tw o pairs of Category 5 UTP wire. 1000B ASE-T - provides half-duple x (CSMA/CD) and full-duplex 1000Mbps Ethernet ser vice o ver Category 5e links as def ined by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A.
Hub - The de vice that ser ves as the central location for attaching wires from w orkstations. Can be passiv e, where there is no amplication of the signals; or acti ve, where the hubs are used lik e repeaters to pro vide an extension of the cable that connects to a w orkstation.
Specifications Model Number EF24G2 Standards IEEE 802.1d , IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1q, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad , IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x Protocol CSMA/CD P orts 24 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 P .
Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support and RMA Issues 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.
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