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Chapter 15: Appendix
[2] Basic configuration
Connect several multi-port transceivers and hubs to a single coaxial cable, and construct a network of
dozens of devices.
Single port
transceiver
- Up to four repeaters and hubs
can be placed between any
two terminals.
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Coaxial cable (Maximum cable length: 500 m)
AUI cable
(maximum cable length: 50 m)
Hub
Twisted pair cable
[UTP: Category 5]
(Maximum cable length:
100 m)
An example of a basic configuration
Ground
terminal
- A maximum of 50m total cable length
(using an AUI cable) can be used from
one end of the coaxial cable to a terminal
device, using a multi-port transceiver.
- Multi-port transceivers can be cascaded
up to two layers deep.
15-6
Termination
resistor
Multi-port transceiver
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