Cable distance and speed limitations
CABLE TYPE | CABLE NAME | ETHERNET DESIGNATION | TRANSMISSION SPEED | MAXIMUM SEGMENT LENGTH |
Coaxial | RG-8/U | 10Base5 (Thick Ethernet) | 10 Mbps | 500 meters |
Coaxial | RG-58A/U | 10Base2 (Thin Ethernet) | 10 Mbps | 185 meters |
UTP | CAT3 | 10Base-T | 10 Mbps | 100 meters |
UTP | CAT5 | 100Base-TX | 100 Mbps | 100 meters |
UTP | CAT5e | 1000Base-T | 1,000 Mbps | 100 meters |
UTP | CAT6 | 1000Base-T | 1,000 Mbps | 100 meters |
UTP | CAT6 | 10Gbase-T | 10 Gbps | |
UTP | CAT6a | 10Gbase-T | 10 Gbps | 100 meters |
Multimode | 100Base-FX | 100 Mbps | 2 kilometers | |
Multimode | 1000Base-SX | 1,000 Mbps | 220–500 meters | |
Fiber optic | Multimode | 1000Base-LX | 1,000 Mbps | 550 meters |
Fiber optic | Multimode | 10Gbase-SR | 10 Gbps | 300 meters |
Fiber optic | Singlemode | 1000Base-LX | 1,000 Mbps | 2 kilometers |
Fiber optic | Singlemode | 10Gbase-LR | 10 Gbps | 10 kilometers |
Fiber optic | Singlemode | 10Gbase-ER | 10 Gbps | 40 kilometers |