10Base-2
- 10Mbps over thin coaxial cable
- maximum length is 185 meters
10Base-T
- 10 Mbps
- category 3 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wiring
- up to 100 meters long
100Base-T
- known as Fast Ethernet
- category 5, 5E, or 6 UTP wiring
- up to 100 meters long.
100Base-FX
- a version of Fast Ethernet that uses multi-mode optical fiber
- Up to 412 meters long
100BaseTF
- Ethernet over fiber
1000Base-T
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Category 5 UTP wiring
- Up to 100 meters long.
1000Base-TX
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Category 5 UTP wiring
- Up to 100 meters long
10GBase-T
- 10 Gbps connections over category 5e, 6, and 7 UTP cables
10Gbase-SR
- Short Range fiber
- 10 gigabit Ethernet over multi-mode fiber
- up to 300 meters in length. Some of the older style of fiber may only go to 80 meters in length. T
10Gbase-ER
- Extended Range fiber
- 10 gigabit Ethernet over multi-mode fiber
- max distance of 40 km
10Gbase-EW
- similar to 10Gbase-ER
- designed to connect to SONET equipment
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