Cabling Networking cables

Networking cables are used to connect one network device to other network devices or to connect two or more computers to share printer, scanner, Router, Switch, Hub etc. Different types of network cables like Optical fiber cable, Coaxial cable, Twisted Pair cables are used reckon on network’s size, topology and protocol.

10 MBps Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)

Specification	10Base5	10Base2	10BaseT
No of segment	500m	185m	100m
Highest segment number	5	5	1024
Highest segment node	3	3	1024
Number of nodes per segment	100	30	2
Tap distance	2.5km	-	-
Highest hub connectivity	4	-	-
Repeater distance	2.5km	925m	-
Topology	Bus	Bus	Star
Cabling	Thick coaxial	Thin coaxial	UTP
Transmission	Half duplex	Half duplex	Half duplex

100 MBps Ethernet (fast Ethernet)

Specification	100BaseT4(802.3u)	100BaseT2(802.3y)	100BaseTX(802.3u)
Cabling	Cat3 UTP	Cat3 UTP	Cat5 UTP
Topology	Star	Star	Star
Bandwidth	100mbps	100mbps	100mbps
Transmission mode	Half duplex	Full duplex	Full duplex
Area coverage	100m	100m	100m

1000 mbps Gigabit Ethernet

Name	Cabling	Topology	Transmission	Bandwidth	Area
100BaseT(802.3ab)	Cat5 or Cat5e UTP	Star	Full duplex	1000mbps	100m
1000BaseTX(802.3ab)	Cat6 or higher UTP	Star	Full duplex	1000mbps	100m
1000BaseLX(802.3z)	1270-nm Fiber optic	Star	Full duplex	2000mbps	550m(multimode) 5km(single mode)
1000BAseSX(802.3z)	770nm or 860nm Fiber optic	Star	Full duplex	1000mbps	220 or 550m
1000BAseLH(802.3z)	1300nm or 1310nm Fiber optic	Star	Full duplex	1000mbps	10km
1000BaseZX	1550nm Fiber optic	Star	Full duplex	1000mbps	70km