Types of Ethernet

10 base 5

• It is th original standard it uses single coaxial cable


• it is also know as thick-ethernet


• the connection is made by drilling into the cable to connect to the core and screen

10 base 2

• It uses 50 ohm coaxial cable to connect


• each machine using T-adapter


• data rate is 10 mbps


• cable length is 200 meter

1 base 5

• It use twisted pair cable to connect hub


• data rates is 1mbps


• cable length is 500 meter

10 base T

• It uses two twisted pair cable to connect hub


• data rate is 10mbps

100 base T (or) Fast Ethernet

• fast ethernet refers to a set of network sandard for data transfer speeds


• It exceeds the speed of original ethernet


• Hardware and software that supports fast ethernet can provide speed up to 100 mbps


• its topology is star


• it uses CSMA/CD media access


• It has maximum number of node per segment is 1 1


• The nodes minimum length is 2.5 Its standard specification is IEEE 802.3 fast ethernet includes the following standards and option based on cabling

100 base-fx

fasth ethernet over dual

Multimode optic fiber cables

100 base-TX

two shielded twisted pair cables

100 base T2

two unshielded twisted pair cable