Cabling Standards

Question 1

100Base-T Fast Ethernet

Answer 1

100 Mbps
100 m
Cat 5 or better
2 pair

Question 2

1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

Answer 2

1000 Mbps
100 m
Cat 5 or better (Cat 5e is preferred)
4 pair

Question 3

10GBase-T 10-Gigabit Ethernet

Answer 3

10,000 Mbps
100 m
Cat 6a or Cat 7 (Cat 7 is preferred)
4 pair

Question 4

1000Base-LX

Answer 4

Gigabit Ethernet

1000 Mbps
550 m for MMF, 5,000 m for SMF
MMF or SMF

Question 5

1000Base-SX

Answer 5

Gigabit Ethernet

1000 Mbps
Up to 550 m, depending on modal bandwidth and fiber core diameter
MMF

Question 6

10GBase-SR and 10GBase-LW

Answer 6

10-Gigabit Ethernet

10,000 Mbps
Up to 300 m, depending on modal bandwidth and fiber core diameter
MMF

Question 7

10GBase-LR and 10GBase-LW

Answer 7

10-Gigabit Ethernet

10,000 Mbps
10,000 m
SMF

Question 8

10GBase-ER and 10GBase-EW

Answer 8

10-Gigabit Ethernet

10,000 Mbps
40,000 m
SMF

Question 9

1000Base-SX Segment Lengths

50 microns

Answer 9

550m

Question 10

1000Base-SX Segment Lengths

62.5 microns

Answer 10

275 m