A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses 50W (ohm) coaxial cable. 10Base2 transmits data at 10Mbps using baseband signaling and is sometimes also called thin-net. It has a distance limit of 185 meters.
A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses thick coaxial cable. 10Base5 transmits data at 10Mbps using baseband signaling and is sometimes also called thick-net. It has a distance limit of 500 meters.
Any of a group of baseband fiber optic implementations for 10Mbps 802.3 Ethernet. See also 10BaseFB, 10BaseFL, and 10BaseFP.
A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. It has a distance limitation of 2000 meters. 10BaseFB has special signaling properties that make it useful on trunk links.
A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. It is an updated version of the earlier FOIRL standard and interoperates with that standard. It has a distance limitation of 2000 meters.
A baseband specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a fiber optic medium and runs at 10Mbps. The FP stands for fiber-passive. It is intended for connecting end devices. It has a distance limitation of 500 meters.
A specification for 802.3 Ethernet that uses a twisted pair cable, Category 3 or higher. 10BaseT has a distance limit of 100 meters and runs at 10Mbps.
A specification for 802.3 Fast Ethernet that uses a fiber optic cable of up to 400 meters in length. It runs at 100Mbps using baseband signaling.
A specification for 802.3 Fast Ethernet that uses a Category 5 or higher twisted-pair cable. 100BaseT has a distance limit of 100 meters and runs at 100Mbps.
A specification for 802.3 Fast Ethernet that uses a Category 3 or higher twisted-pair cable. 100BaseT4 has a distance limit of 100 meters and runs at 100Mbps.
A twisted-pair implementation of 802.3 Fast Ethernet that is similar to 100BaseT. 100BaseTX is also able to run over shielded twisted-pair cable.
A 100Mbps networking standard developed by Hewlett Packard and standardized as 802.12. It is able to use a Category 3 or higher cable. 100VG-AnyLAN does not use the same congestion control mechanisms as Ethernet, but it was developed to run over the same cabling.
An implementation of 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet that runs over an enhanced Category 5 cable. 1000BaseT uses baseband signaling and runs at 1000Mbps.
A core part of the IEEE set of specifications that deals with issues related to bridging. The 802.1 specifications are applicable to all IEEE standard LAN protocols such as Ethernet and Token Ring.
The specific part of the 802.1 standard that deals with the Spanning Tree protocol. See Spanning Tree.
The specific part of the 802.1 standard that deals with VLAN tagging. See VLAN.
A core part of the IEEE set of specifications that deals with Logical Link Control. The 802.2 specifications are applicable to all IEEE standard LAN protocols such as Ethernet and Token Ring.
The part of the IEEE set of specifications that deals with Ethernet. It defines the Physical Layer specifications, as well as Data Link Layer specifications for all Ethernet protocols.
The part of the IEEE set of specifications that deals with Token Ring. It defines the Physical Layer specifications, as well as Data Link Layer specifications for all Token Ring protocols.
The part of the IEEE set of specifications that deals with Wireless LANs. It defines the Physical Layer specifications, as well as Data link Layer specifications for all IEEE Wireless protocols.
A specific physical implementation of the 802.11 Wireless LAN specification that uses the 5 GHz frequency band and operates at speeds of 72Mbps.
A specific physical implementation of the 802.11 Wireless LAN specification that uses the 2.4 GHz frequency band and operates at speeds of 11Mbps.