10BaseT
10 Mbps
Cat 3/Cat 5 UTP
Maximum cable length up to 100m
100BaseTX
100Mbps / 200 Mbps
Cat 5 UTP
Maximum cable length up to 100m
100BaseFX
100Mbps/200Mbps
Multi-mode fiber
400m/2Km
1000BaseT
1 Gbps
Cat 5e UTP
100m
1000BaseTX
1 Gbps
Cat 6 UTP
100m
1000BaseSX
1 Gbps
Multi-mode fiber
550m
1000BaseLX
1 Gbps
Single-mode fiber
Maximum cable length up to 2Km
10GBaseT
10 Gbps
Cat 6a/Cat 7 UTP
Maximum cable length up to 100m
10GBaseLX
10 Gbps
Multi-mode fiber/Single-mode fiber
Maximum cable length up to 100m/10Km
10GBaseSR
850 nm
Multimode Fiber
Maximum cable length up to 26 - 300 m
LAN
10GBaseSW
850 nm
Multimode Fiber
SONET/WAN
Maximum cable length up to 26-300 m
10GBaseLR
1310 nm
Single mode Fiber
Maximum cable length up to 10 km
LAN
10GBaseLW
1310 nm
Single mode Fiber
Maximum cable length up to 10km
SONET/WAN
10GBaseER
1550 nm
Single mode
Maximum cable length up to 40 km
LAN
10GBaseEW
1550 nm
Single mode Fiber
Maximum cable length up to 340 km
SONET/WAN
10GBaseSR/10GBaseSW
A 10 GbE standard
850-nm multimode fiber.
Maximum cable length up to 300 m.
10GBaseLR/10GBaseLW
A 10 GbE standard using 1310-nm
single-mode fiber.
Maximum cable length up to 10 km.
10GBaseT
CAT 6/6a UTP cabling.
Four-pair/full-duplex
RJ-45
Maximum cable length of 100 m.
10GBaseER/10GBaseEW
1550-nm
single-mode fiber.
Maximum cable length up to 40 km.
Full Duplex
Communication that happens in two directions at the same time.
(doesn't increase network speed but doubles network bandwidth)
Half Duplex
Communication between two devices whereby transmission takes place in only one direction at a time.
SFF
Small form-factor
Fiber connectors that are designed to be small
MT-RJ and LC
UPC
Ultra Polished Connector
Reduce signal loss over PC connectors
APC
Angle Polished Connector
Curved end lowering signal loss
media converter
A device that enables networks or segments using different media to interconnect and exchange signals.
GBIC
Gigabit interface converter (optical-to-fiber interfaced used at 1 gigabit)
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network Technologies. A multiplexing protocol used to transfer data over optical fiber.
SFP+
A type of SFP that can send and receive data at rates of up to 10 Gbps.
Bidirectional transeiver
Full-duplex fiber optic connector that relies on wave division multiplexing (WDM) to differenciate wave signals on a single fiber, creating single-strand fiber transmission
WDM
wavelength division multiplexing - One fiber-optic connection. Carries multiple light signals simultaneously
100BaseT
Ethernet cabling system designed to run at 100 Mbps on twisted pair cabling. It uses baseband signaling.