Standard Ethernet

Characteristics 10Base-5 10Base-2 10Base-T 10Base-F

Media Thick coaxial Thin coaxial 2UTP 2Fiber
Topology Bus Star
Length 500m 185m 100m 2000m
Line coding Manchester
Another name Thick ethernet Thin ethernet or \
or net cheaper net
Cost High Less low low
Install Complex Less Simple Simple

FAST Ethernet
Characteristics 100Base-TX 100Base-FX 100Base-T4
Media Cat 5 UTP or STP Fiber Cat 4 UTP
Line coding MLT-3 NRZ-I 8B/6T
Block coding 4B/5B 4B/5B \
Data rate 100 MB/S 125 MB/S 100 MB/S
Number of wires 2 2 4
Maximum length 100m 100m 100m
Topology Star Star Star

DSL Techniques
Technology Upstream Downstream Distance(ft) Twisted Line Data
pair coding stream
ADSL 16-640 1.5-6.1 12,000 1 DMT Full
kbps Mbps
ADSL Lite 500 kbps 1.5 Mbps 18,000 1 DMT Full
HDSL 1.5-2 1.5-2 Mbps 12,000 2 2B1Q Full
Mbps
SDSL 768 kbps 768 kbps 12,000 1 2B1Q Full
VDSL 3.2 Mbps 25-55 Mbps 3,000- 1 DMT Full
10,000