COPPER (UTP & COAXIAL) LENGTHS:
Gigabit Ethernet (over copper), 1000baseT
Length: 100 Meters
Cable: UTP (Cat5 and up ONLY)
Fast Ethernet, 100BaseTX
Length: 100 Meters
Cable: UTP (Cat5 and up ONLY)
Twisted Pair Ethernet, 10BaseT
Length: 100 Meters
Cable: UTP (Cat 3 and up)
Thin Ethernet, 10Base2
Length: 185 Meters
Cable: RG-58 type coax
Thick Ethernet, 10Base5
Length: 500 Meters
Cable: RG-58 type coax
FIBRE OPTIC LENGTHS:
10BaseFL (Multimode fibre)
Length: 2000m or 2km
100BaseFX Half-duplex (Multimode fibre)
Length: 412m
100BaseFX Full-duplex (Multimode fibre)
Length: 2000m or 2km
100BaseFX Full-Duplex ONLY (Singlemode fibre)
Length: 2-40,000m or 2-40km *(see note)
1000Base-LX
Length: 550m (62.5 or 50 multimode fibre)
3000m (10 singlemode fibre)
1000Base-SX
Length: 250m (62.5 multimode fibre)
550m (50 multimode fibre)
1000Base-CX
Length: 25m (requires new type of shielded cable)
*NOTE: These lengths can vary by equipment vendor. Some products enable 100Mbps Full Duplex over 100km now (or 60Miles).
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