D-Link DE-528CT [7/25] Step 2 network cable connections

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-Pair

or Thin

Coaxial

cable. Then refer to one of the two sections following,

according to your network cable type.

Twisted-Pair Cable

Ascertain that you have a straight

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).

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