IEEE Ethernet Cable Standards

IEEE Ethernet Cable Standards

1. 1000Base-CX

   • Twinax
     • Can only run up to 25 meters and uses a special 9 pin connector.

2. UTP cables

   • 10Base-T
     • 10 Mbps using Cat 3 UTP and runs 100 meters.
     • Default behavior is 10 Mbps half duplex if autodetect mechanism fails.
   • 100Base-tx
     • FastEthernet
   • 100Base-FX
   • 1000Base-T
     • Cat 5, four-pair UTP wiring
     • Up to 1 Gbps
   • 10GBase-T
     • Provides 10 Gbps connections over UTP cables

3. Fiber Cables

   • 1000Base-SX
     • Multimode fiber
       • Uses short wavelength laser.
   • 1000Base-LX
     • Single-mode fiber
     • Uses 9 micron core and a 1300 nm laser
     • Can go 3 kilometers up to 10 kilometers
   • 1000Base-ZX
     • Operates on ordinary single-mode fiber-optic links
     • Spans up to 43 miles