<P>The 10/100-Mbps Fast Ethernet switching module (10/100BaseTX 24-port) provides 24 switched, 10/100-Mbps (10/100BaseTX Category 5 UTP), full- or half-duplex Fast Ethernet ports using 24 RJ-45 connectors. The WS-X5225R module supports Fast EtherChannel. On all Fast EtherChannel-capable hardware, port groups determine which ports can form a channel. Channels must be composed of contiguous ports from the same port group. A channel cannot have some ports from one group and some ports from another. However, you can configure multiple channels within a single group. On the WS-X5225R, the ports form six groups of four ports each (ports 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20, and 21-24). </P>