Cabling and Specifications
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Table 8 lists the cabling specifications for 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet transmission over UTP, STP, and
Table 8 | Specification and Connection Limits for |
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Cable specification | Category 51 UTP2, 22 | Category 3, 4, or 5, |
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Maximum cable length | – | 1.64 ft (0.5 m) |
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Maximum segment | 328 ft (100 m) for | 3.28 ft (1 m)5 or 1,312 ft |
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Maximum network | 656 ft (200 m)5 (with 1 | – |
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2.Cisco Systems does not supply Category 5 UTP
3.AWG = American Wire Gauge. This gauge is specified by the
4.This is the cable between the MII port on the FE interface and the appropriate transceiver.
5.This length is specifically between any two stations on a repeated segment.
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| Table 9 | IEEE 802.3u Physical Characteristics |
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| Data rate (Mbps) | 100 | 100 |
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| Maximum segment length | 2 km between repeaters | 100 m between DTE1 and repeaters | ||||
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