Chapter 2: Cabling Requirements
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If you are installing this BRIM into a 100BASE-TX/FX environment with
repeaters, use the repeater instruction manual to determine maximum
cable lengths when laying out your network.
UTP Maximum Cable Lengths
An unshielded twisted pair copper segment in a 100BASE-TX
environment may be no more than 100 meters in length.
Multimode Fiber Cable Lengths
The maximum distance between two Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)
devices on a 100BASE-FX segment may be no more than 412 meters in
half duplex mode or 2 Kilometers (DTE to DTE) in full duplex mode.
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