Designing Large Scale Lans

Glossary

Numerics

10Base2

A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses 50Ω (ohm) coaxial cable. 10Base2 transmits data at 10Mbps using baseband signaling and is sometimes also called thin-net. It has a distance limit of 185 meters.

10Base5

A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses thick coaxial cable. 10Base5 transmits data at 10Mbps using baseband signaling and is sometimes also called thick-net. It has a distance limit of 500 meters.

10BaseF

Any of a group of baseband fiber optic implementations for 10Mbps 802.3 Ethernet. See also 10BaseFB, 10BaseFL, and 10BaseFP.

10BaseFB

A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. It has a distance limitation of 2000 meters. 10BaseFB has special signaling properties that make it useful on trunk links.

10BaseFL

A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. It is an updated version of the earlier FOIRL standard and interoperates with that standard. It has a distance limitation of 2000 meters.

10BaseFP

A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. The FP stands for fiber-passive. It is intended for connecting end devices. It has a distance limitation of 500 meters.

10BaseT

A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a twisted pair cable, Category 3 or higher. 10BaseT has a distance limit of 100 meters and runs at 10Mbps.

100BaseFx

A specification for 802.3 Fast Ethernet that uses a fiber optic cable of ...