Cable Type 10Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps | Allied Telesis AT-X510-28GPX

Chapter 1: Overview

The MDI and MDI-X settings do not apply when ports are operating at 1000 Mbps.

Maximum The ports have a maximum operating distance of 100 meters (328 feet).

Distance

Cable Requirements

Port Pinouts

The cable requirements of the ports are given in Table 1.

Table 1. Twisted Pair Cable for the 10/100/1000Base-T Ports

Cable Type	10Mbps	100Mbps	1000Mbps


Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-	Yes	Yes	No
compliant Category 3 shielded
or unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 16 MHz.

Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-	Yes	Yes	Yes
compliant Category 5 or TIA/
EIA 568-B-compliant Enhanced
Category 5 (Cat 5e) shielded or
unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 100 MHz.

Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-	Yes	Yes	Yes
compliant Category 6 or 6a
shielded cabling.

Note

For the cable requirements for the ports on the AT-x510-28GPX and AT-x510-52GPX Switches for PoE devices, refer to Table 3 on page 26.

Refer to Table 18 on page 87 and Table 19 on page 88 for the port pinouts of the 10/100/1000Base-T twisted pair ports.

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