IEEE shorthand identifiers, such as 10Base5, 10Base2, 10BaseT, and 10BaseF include three

pieces of information:

The number 10: At the front of each identifier, 10 denotes the standard data transfer
speed over these media - ten megabits per second (10Mbps).

The word Base: Short for Baseband, this part of the identifier signifies a type of network
that uses only one carrier frequency for signaling and requires all network stations to
share its use.

The segment type or segment length: This part of the identifier can be a digit or a letter:

Digit - shorthand for how long (in meters) a cable segment may be before attenuation sets
in. For example, a 10Base5 segment can be no more than 500 meters long.

Letter - identifies a specific physical type of cable. For example, the

T at the end of 10BaseT stands for twisted-pair.

Designation

10Base-5
10Base-2

Supported Media

Maximum
Segment
Length
500m
185m

Coaxial
ThinCoaxial (RG-58
A/U)
10Base-T
Category3 or above
100m
unshielded twisted-pair
(UTP)
1Base-5
Category3 UTP, or
100m
above
10Broad-36 Coaxial(RG-58 A/U
3600m
CATV type)
10Base-FL Fiber-optic- two strands 2000m (fullof multimode 62.5/125 duplex)
fiber
100Base-TX Category5 UTP
100m

Transfer
Speed
10Mbps
10Mbps

Bus
Bus

10Mbps

Star,using either simple

repeater hubs or
Ethernet switches
Star,using simple
repeater hubs
Bus(often only pointto-point)
Star(often only pointto-point)

1Mbps
10Mbps
10Mbps

100Mbps

100Base-FX Fiber-optic- two strands

of multimode 62.5/125 412 meters
100 Mbps
fiber
(Half-Duplex)
(200 Mb/s
2000 m (full- full-duplex
duplex)
mode)
1000Base-SX Fiber-optic- two strands 260m
of multimode 62.5/125
fiber
1000Base- Fiber-optic- two strands 440m
LX
of multimode 62.5/125 (multimode)
fiber or monomode
5000 m
fiber
(singlemode)
1000Base- Twinax,150-Ohm25m
CX
balanced, shielded,
specialty cable
1000Base-T Category5
100m

Topology

1Gbps

1Gbps

Star,using either simple

repeater hubs or
Ethernet switches
Star(often only pointto-point)

Star,using buffered
distributor hub (or
point-to-point)
Star,using buffered
distributor hub (or
point-to-point)

1Gbps

Star(or point-to-point)

1Gbps

Star

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