(1973) IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard (3
Mbps) → Xerox. (1980) become standard IEEE 802.3
(1995) IEEE 802.3u 100Base-T Fast
Ethernet
(1999) IEEE 802.3z/ab 1000Mbps Gigabit
Ethernet. 802.3z → fiber & copper. 802.3ab → twisted-pair
(2002) IEEE 802.3ae 10GE Ethernet (over
fiber) {10GBaseX,10GBaseR,10GBaseW}
(2004) IEEE 802.3ak 10GBASE-CX4 (over
copper twin-axial cable)
10Base5: thick coaxial cable (5 → 500
m)
10Base2: thin coaxial cable (2 → 200
m)
10BaseT: twisted-pair (UTP). Type3 →
ANSI & EIA/TIA568 at 16MHz. Type4 → 20MHz. Type5 → 100MHz.
10BaseF: fiber (2 km)
100BaseTX: type5 2 pair UTP / STP (100
m)
100BaseT4: type3,4,5 4 pair (100 m)
100BaseFX: MMF (550-2000 m). SMF (>
2 km)
1000BaseCX: copper shielded
twisted-pair (25 m)
1000BaseSX: shortwave laser 770-860 nm
(MMF)
1000BaseLX: longwave laser 1270-1355 nm
(MMF & SMF)
10GBase-SR/SW: MMF (2-300 m)
10GBase-LR/LW: MMF/SMF (2-10000 m)
10GBase-ER/EW: (2-40000 m)
10GBase-LX4: MMF (300 m) SMF (10000 m)
10GBase-CX4: coaxial copper cable (15
m)
10GBase-T: twisted-pair copper cable
(100 m)
10GBaseX: 4 receiver-4 laser 1300 nm.
Speed 3.125 Gbps data rate 2.5 Gbps
10GBaseR: serial interface 64B/66B.
Data rate 10000 Gbps clock rate 10.3 Gbps
10GBaseW: interface WAN compatible with
SONET OC-192, clock rate 9.953 Gbps, data rate 9.585 Gbps
Straight cable : WO-O-WG-B-WB-G-WBr-Br.
Crossover : WG-G-WO-B-WB-O-WBr-Br.
Medium Dependent Interface (MDI) →
Routers & NIC. MDI_X → Hub.
