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10/100 Mbps Ethernet Collision Domain
Maximum 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Cable Distance
Type Cable Type Max. Cable Length
10BASE-T Twisted Pair, Category 3 or better 100 m (328 ft)
100BASE-TX Category 5 or better 100-ohm UTP or
STP
100 m (328 ft)
100BASE-FX
Multimode
50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core
multimode fiber (MMF)
2 km (1.24 miles)
100BASE-FX
Single-Mode
9/125 micron core single-mode fiber
(SMF)
20 km (12.43 miles)