Chapter 4: Ethernet Standards Flashcards
Who won the market share between 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-T4 ?
100BASE-TX
Two other names for 100BASE-TX ?
100BASE-T and Fast Ethernet
Summarize 100BASE-T in speed, band, capacity, topology, cabling, and distance
100 Mbps
Baseband
100 meters between hub/switch to the node
1024 nodes max
Star-bus topology
Cat 5 or better UTP or STP with RJ-45 connectors
Baseband
Only a single signal travels over the wires of the network at one time
Broadband
Get multiple signals to travel over the wire at the same time
What are some solutions to the cost of upgrading from 10BASE-T to 100BASE-T ?
Multispeed and auto-sensing NICs and switches/hubs
What did the multispeed, auto-sensing 100BASE-T NIC do when first connecting to a network ?
Negotiated with the hub or switch to determine the other device’s highest speed
What do all modern NICs have ?
Multispeed and auto-sensing
What were the two differences between 10BASE-FL and 100BASE-FX ?
The speed jumps from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps, and it can travel 2 kilometers between hub/switches and nodes
What was a short distance, LED alternative to the 100 BASE-FX ?
100BASE-SX
Why was the 100BASE-SX a viable upgrade from older tech ?
Completely backward compatible with 10BASE-FL.
Full-duplex
NIC can send and receive at the same time
What does full-duplex do to the bandwidth ?
Doubles network bandwith
What can function just fine on Fast Ethernet nowadays ?
Network-connected devices such as printers
What is the most common type of Ethernet found on new NICs today ?
Gigabit Ethernet
What is the most widely implemented solution for Gigabit Ethernet
1000BASE-T
What other version of Gigabit Ethernet is divided into a series of standards ?
1000BASE-X
What are the names of the divided 1000BASE-X standards ?
1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX
Wavelength
The distance the signal has to travel before it completes its particular shape and starts to repeat
What standard did many networks upgrade to Gigabit Ethernet use ?
1000BASE-SX
What is the cabling, distance, wavelength size, and connector of 1000BASE-SX ?
MMF (OM1 or OM2), 220 to 500 meters, 850 nm LED, LC connector
Which Gigabit Ethernet standard use repeaters to increase the distance of the signal ?
1000BASE-LX
What distance did 1000BASE-LX allow without and with repeaters ?
5 kilometers without repeaters and up to 70 kilometers with
Which Gigabit Ethernet standard could be the backbone of the future ?
1000BASE-LX
Small form factor (SFF)
Fiber-optic connectors designed to be much smaller than the first connectors
Two popular SFF connectors ?
MT-RJ and LC