Cable Type

RG-6
RG-8

Common
Name
Satellite TV
Thicknet

RG-58
RG-59
CAT3 UTP
CAT4 UTP
CAT5

Thinnet
Cable TV
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet

Physical Layer
Name
N/A
10Base5

10Base2
N/A
10 Base-T
10 Base-T
10 Base-T
100 Base-T4
100 Base-TX
CAT5e
Gigabit
10 Base-T
Ethernet
100 Base-T4
100 Base-TX
1000 Base-T
CAT6
Gigabit
10 Base-T
Ethernet
100 Base-T4
100 Base-TX
1000 Base-T
All Category cable can be used for Token Ring.
10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX, 100 Base-T2 use 2 wire pairs
100 Base-T4, 1000 Base-T use 4 wire pairs

Speed
10 Mbps
10 Mbps
10/100 Mbps
16 Mbps
10/100 Mbps

Max Length (M)

N/A
50 (drop)
500 (backbone)
185
N/A
100
100
100

10/100/1000
Mbps

100

10/100/1000
Mbps

100