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What are 10Base2, 10Base5 and 10BaseT Ethernet LANs?
 
10Base2—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling, with a contiguous cable segment length of 100 meters and a maximum of 2 segments.
 
10Base5—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling, with 5 continuous segments not exceeding 100 meters per segment.
 
10BaseT—An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling and twisted pair cabling.
 
 



  
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December 05, 2006 05:00:14   #1  
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RE: What are 10Base2, 10Base5 and 10BaseT Ethernet LAN...
10Base2 An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling with a coxial cable segment length of 185 meters and this is thinnet cable.
10Base5 An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling with not exceeding 500 meters per segment use in coxial cable this is thicknet cable.
10BaseT An Ethernet term meaning a maximum transfer rate of 10 Megabits per second that uses baseband signaling and twisted pair cabling.and distance doesnot exceed more than 100 meters.

 
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