Acer ALH 508D (91.AB849.001) Networking Hub
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1. non condensing User s Manual 4 2 LED Indicators and Ports Description This chapter describes the function and usage of the LEDs in the front and rear panel 2 1 Front Panel Lee 10 100 AceR 12 69 6 6 7 8 UTIL Po PWR con K ee 6 5 15 25 50 75 e e 0 d AcT coL 100 100 10 Figure 2 1 the frat pml 2 1 1 LED indicators The front panel LEDs will be lighted at the first few seconds for power on diagnostic The naming and meaning of LED indicators is listed in the following e PWR Color Green Function Power good indicator This LED is located at the upper left corner of the front panel It will be lighted up when the hub is power on e ACT Color Green Function Build in switching indicator This LED is located below the Power LED and indicates the built in switch is active and connection between 10Mbps and 100Mbps segments are exchangeable User s Manual e COL 10 Color Yellow Function Collision indicator It will flash when 10 Mbps segment network collision occurs e COL 100 Color Yellow Function Collision indicator It will flash when 100 Mbps segment network collision occurs e LINK RX Color Green Function Indicates if the port is linked to another port or receiving data The LINK LED is lighting on when the cable link between the Hub and the station is good If the LED does not lig2. Limited Lifetime Unmanaged hub Limited Lifetime Dual speed hub 3 year Switch and managed hub 3 year Power supply adapter and fans in these devices provide One year warranty All products with limited lifetime warranty have a standard five year warranty This warranty does not cover the product if it is damaged by abuse accident misuse improper installation or improper testing If a product does not operate as warranted during the applicable warranty period ANI shall at its option and expense either repair the defective product or part returned to ANI or deliver to customer an equivalent product or part to replace the defective item Definitely all products that are replaced will become the property of ANI Replacement products may be new or reconditioned Any replacement or repaired product or part has a ninety days warranty or the remainder of the initial warranty period whichever is longer ANI shall not be responsible for any software firmware information or memory data of customer contained in stored on or integrated with any products returned to ANI pursuant to any warranty Before you obtain warranty service you must request an RMA Return Materials Authorization number by calling faxing or writing ANI s Customer Service Department at the numbers listed below You must use the original container or the equivalent and pay the shipping charge ANI SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT SPECIAL O
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4. 6 8 A Product Limited Warranty 9 0 Preface Abstract This user s manual covers the following topics e Product overview and the summary of it s features e Description of Front Panel and Rear Panel including the meaning of LED indicators functions and usage of ports e Installation procedure and application Package Contents Carefully unpack the contents of the package and check if the following items are included e One ALH 508d Dual speed hub e Accessory container One power cord One external switching power adapter 2 rubber stands e This user s manual ALH 508d Hub External switching User s manual Power cord power adapter Figure 0 Prat amfiguatin of AA Please contact your dealer immediately should there be any wrong missing or damaged parts If possible kindly keep the carton and the original packing materials to repack the product for repair or replacement User s Manual 1 Introduction 1 1 General Description Thanks for your purchasing our products Acer Netxus will keep on providing brand new technologies and high quality products to fulfill your need Acer ALH 508d 8 port 10 100Mbps Dual Speed Mini Hub offer a cost effective solution to today s growing need of network speed integration With efficient eight 10 100Mbps plug and play dual speed ports equipped in its compact hub it is possible to achieve the coexistence of 10Mbps and 100Mbps devices in a single network no
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7. connector which accepts 100 240V AC 50 60Hz power input Figure 2 2 1 tre rear parel User s Manual 3 Quick Installation Guide 3 1 Unpack the product Please unpack the product and make sure that contents are as list Please contact your dealer immediately should there be any wrong missing or damaged parts If possible kindly keep the carton and the original packing materials to repack the product for repair or replacement 3 2 Power adapter connection 1 Plug the power cord into an AC outlet 2 Insert the output plug into the jack of ALH 508d 3 Once both sides of power adapter are connected to the proper jack or outlet the ALH 508d is powered on and ready for use 3 3 Connect ALH 508d to PC 1 Insert one end of the UTP CAT 5 twisted pair cable into the RJ 45 connector that is numbered from 1 to 8 port of ALH 508d Please orient the cable correctly and push it into the connector until you hear a click 2 Please make sure that the maximum cable length from your computer to the hub does not exceed 100 meters Figure 3 3 Connect ALH 508d to PC by UIP cable User s Manual 8 A Product Limited Warranty Acer Netxus Incorporated ANI warrants its product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase from ANI or its Authorized Resellers Network adapter card
8. ht on it means the cable link is not established even when the cable is plugged into the RJ 45 phone jacks of the hub and adapter card When this LED is flashing it means the data is coming and the Hub will repeat it to all the ethernet ports By this way the data will be sending to the designated nodes and the Networking data processing is completed by the Hub e 100 10 Color Green Function Indicates if the port is working at 100Mbps or 10Mbps The 100 10 LED is lighting on when the cable link between the 100Mbps Port is good If the LED does not light on it means the cable link is established on 10Mbps User s Manual 6 UTIL Color Green for 5 15 25 50 and Yellow for 75 Function Network utilization indicator This indicator is designed for network traffic monitoring and the degree Of traffic is divided into 5 grades 5 75 are denoting the Percentage of bandwidth of the network is used and how the network Loading is The denotation of 75 means the network bandwidth is used more than 75 Simply speaking if we treat the network bandwidth of 100Mbps to be 100 then75 does mean the network traffic occupy more than 75 network bandwidth for data transmitting or receiving 2 1 2 100BASE TX Twisted Pair Port The RJ 45 phone jacks are located in the front panel They are designed for 10BASE T 100BASE TX Twister Pair cable connection with UTP CAT 5 cables 2 2 Rear panel The rear panel includes one power
9. onnect to ALH 508d and leave the others connect to the Ethernet hub segment Oo O 0O j 100 Mbps 100 Mbps 10 100 Mbps 7 Z Z 7 Uplink H os Tes Uplink 75 eae a ee een oe eee ee E R 10 Mbps 10 Mbps 10 Mbps E C C Figure 1 1 2 Application to upgrade your network User s Manual 1 2 Features e IEEE 802 3 802 3u Class and II repeater compliant Support 8 10BASE T 100BASE TX interface RJ 45 phone jack Support 1 uplink port RJ 45 phone jack e 10BASE T 100BASE TX auto speed detection e Mini compact size e One Uplink port to support uplink function e Build in switching function to connect 10 and 100Mbps network domains e LED indicators Global System Power LED Global ACT built in switch LED Global 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Network Collision LED 100 10 Mbps LEDs for each port Link RX LEDs for each port e Power supply External switching power supply AC100 240V 50 60Hz e EMI FCC Class A CE Mark VCCI 1 C Tick e Environment Operating temperature 0 50 C 32 122 F Operating Humidity 20 to 80
10. w and step to 100Mbps network in the future ALH 508ds dual speed hub is further furnished with internal switch function which combines both dual speed feature and network segmentation function together and progress to a higher level of network flexibility and efficiency Acer ALH 508d provides LED indicators for network status monitoring With these indicators the user can observe the network status very easily This repeater hub will indicate the system power networking collision 100 Mbps port link RX With cost effective solution to upgrade the network bandwidth ALH 508d dual speed mini hub will be the best choice for your need 1 1 1 Apply the ALH 508d to build a new network With one ALH 508d you can easily setup a new network with 10Mbps and 100Mbps See Figure 1 1 1 100 Mbps 100 Mbps Z WA Z Z Z J2 Uplink normal i E EL i Cee ooo Toes 10 Mbps 10 Mbps 10 Mbps L L lt A H Figure 1 1 1 Agolication to setup a new network User s Manual 1 1 2 Apply the ALH 508d to upgrade your Ethernet network You can use the uplink port of the Ethernet hub to uplink to normal port of ALH 508d to upgrade some key network user from 10Mbps to 100Mbps by c
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