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Thread ID: 38616 2003-10-13 00:41:00 Partition LED on Hub Mx-Tech (4723) Press F1
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182721 2003-10-13 00:41:00 We have a number of hubs on a TCP/IP server/client network consisting of a combination of Thicknet, Thinnet, Fibre-optic and 10 base T cables. One of the hubs has RJ-45, Co-axial and AUI connectors and it works fine with 10 base T connections. When we connect a Thinnet cable to the co-ax connector, a LED labeled "PARTITION" lights up.

Q1: What does "PARTITION" mean in this context?
Q2: Would the LED light up to indicate that the co-ax is not terminated correctly, I.E. the 50 ohm connector is absent?
Mx-Tech (4723)
182722 2003-10-13 02:07:00 That BNC connector and the AUI one (only one of which will work at any time) are sort of "backbone" connectors . They correspond to the crossover (really non-crossover) RJ45 used to connect a hub to an upstream hub .

The LED probably just shows that the hub is connected to the coax line . You have used a Tee and a terminator if it's needed? If you haven't, the howls from the other users of that coax segment will make an error LED unnecessary . :D
Graham L (2)
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