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36b. IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Media Types

IEEE 802.3		10Base5		Thick Coax		10Mbps		Baseband		500m
IEEE 802.3a		10Base2		Thin Coax		10Mbps		Baseband		185m
IEEE803b		10Broad36		Broadband		10 Mbps		Broadband		3600m
IEEE802.3e		1Base5		StarLAN		1 Mbps		Baseband		500m
IEEE 802.3i		10BaseT		Twisted Pair		10Mps		Baseband		100m

IEEE 802.3 - 10Base5 (Thick Coax) is used only as backbones to networks. Backbones are lines that connect buildings & network equipment together such as Bridges, Routers, Brouter, Hubs, Concentrators, Gateways, etc.. 10Base5 is being replaced by either Thin Coax or fibre optics.

IEEE 802.3a - 10Base2 is commonly used in new installations as a backbone to connect buildings and network equipment together. 10Base2 (Thin Coax) is also used to connect work-stations together but the preferred choice is to use 10BaseT.

IEEE 802.3b - 10Broad36 is rarely used, it combined analog and digital signals together. Broadband means that a mixture of signals can be sent on the same medium.

IEEE 802.3e - StarLAN is a slow 1 Mbps standard that has been replaced by Thin Coax or Twisted Pair.

IEEE 802.3i - 10BaseT is commonly used to connect workstations to network hubs. The network hubs can use 10BaseT (Twisted Pair) to connect to other Hubs.

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