Ethernet Media and Topologies

• 10Base5 (Thick Ethernet)
• Co-axial cable (yellow)
• 500 m/segment, 100 nodes/segment.
• Bus topology with transceiver taps
• 10Base2 (Thin Ethernet)
• Co-axial cable
• 185 m/segment, 30 nodes/segment.
• Bus topology with BNC and T-connectors
• 10BaseT (Twisted Pair Ethernet)
• Twisted-pair cable (Category 3,5)
• Star topology physically, but logical bus
• Needs a HUB (12, 16 ports, stackable)
• 100 m max cable length.
• 10BaseF (Fibre)
• Multi-Mode fibre
• Star like 10BaseT
• 2km length
• ST/SC connectors, Media-converters

1999-03-14