Saturday, June 24, 2017

Cable distance and speed limitations


CABLE TYPE
CABLE NAME
ETHERNET DESIGNATION
TRANSMISSION SPEED
MAXIMUM SEGMENT LENGTH
Coaxial
RG-8/U
10Base5 (Thick Ethernet)
10 Mbps
500 meters
Coaxial
RG-58A/U
10Base2 (Thin Ethernet)
10 Mbps
185 meters
UTP
CAT3
10Base-T
10 Mbps
100 meters
UTP
CAT5
100Base-TX
100 Mbps
100 meters
UTP
CAT5e
1000Base-T
1,000 Mbps
100 meters
UTP
CAT6
1000Base-T
1,000 Mbps
100 meters
UTP
CAT6
10Gbase-T
10 Gbps
55 meters
UTP
CAT6a
10Gbase-T
10 Gbps
100 meters
Fiber optic
Multimode
100Base-FX
100 Mbps
2 kilometers
Fiber optic
Multimode
1000Base-SX
1,000 Mbps
220–500 meters
Fiber optic
Multimode
1000Base-LX
1,000 Mbps
550 meters
Fiber optic
Multimode
10Gbase-SR
10 Gbps
300 meters
Fiber optic
Singlemode
1000Base-LX
1,000 Mbps
2 kilometers
Fiber optic
Singlemode
10Gbase-LR
10 Gbps
10 kilometers
Fiber optic
Singlemode
10Gbase-ER
10 Gbps
40 kilometers

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