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NETWORK CHART

Types of Networks AKA Speed Distance Connectors Media Topology
10Base2 Thinnet 10Mbps 185 Meters BNC Coaxial RG58 Bus
10Base5 Thicknet 10Mbps 500 Meters AUI or DIX Coaxial RG8 Bus
10BaseT Standard Ethernet 10Mbps 100 Meters RJ45 Twisted Pair Star
10BaseFL Standard Fiber 10Mbps 2000 Meters ST/SC MMF/SMF P/P
             
100BaseTX Fast Ethernet 100Mbps 100 Meters RJ45 Twisted Pair Star
100BaseT4 Fast Ethernet 100Mbps 100 Meters RJ45 Twisted Pair Star
100BaseFX Fast Fiber 100Mbps 412/10,000Meters All Fiber MMF/SMF Star
             
1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet 1,000Mbps 100 Meters RJ45 Twisted Pair Star
1000BaseSX Gigabit Fiber SX 1,000Mbps 275/316/550 Meters All Fiber MMF P/P
1000BaseLX Gigabit Fiber LX 1,000Mbps 316/550/5000 Meters All Fiber MMF/SMF P/P
1000BaseCX Gigabit Fiber CX 1,000Mpbs 25 Meters 9 Pin SCC or HSSDC Shielded Copper Wire P/P
             
10GbaseSR 10Gigabit SR 10,000Mbps 33-300 Meters All Fiber MMF P/P
10GbaseLR 10Gigabit LR 10,000Mbps 10,000 Meters All Fiber SMF P/P
10GbaseER 10Gigabit ER 10,000Mbps 40,000 Meters All Fiber SMF P/P
             
10GbaseSW 10Gigabit SW 10,000Mbps 26-300 Meters All Fiber MMF SONET/WAN
10GbaseLW 10Gigabit LW 10,000Mbps 10,000 Meters All Fiber SMF SONET/WAN
10GbaseEW 10Gigabit EW 10,000Mbps 40,000 Meters All Fiber SMF SONET/WAN

P/P (Point-to-Point)

SMF – Single Mode Fiber (Laser) vs. MMF – Multi Mode Fiber (LED)

All Fiber uses (ST, SC, MTRJ and LC) connectors

AUI Attachment Unit Interface or DIX Digital Intel Xerox

SCC – Shielded Copper Connector

HSSDC - High Speed Serial Data Connector

Note * 62.5/125 and 50/125 micron multimode fiber is use on 1000BaseSX and 10GbaseSR

Note * 62.5/125 and 50/125 multimode fiber; two 10-micron single-mode optical fibers is used on 1000BaseLX

10Gbase is 10,000Mbps

1000BaseSX, 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseSW use a long wavelength laser beam of 850nm

10GbaseLR and 10GbaseLW use a long wavelength laser beam of 1310nm

10GbaseER and 10GbaseEW use a long wavelength laser beam of 1550nm

Some networks have half and full duplex connection such as 100BaseFX, 1000BaseCX, 1000BaseLX and 10GbaseSR