Standards Flashcards
What is the standard for LLC - Logical Link Control?
IEEE 802.2
What is IEEE 802.2 concerned with?
Logical Link Control
What is the standard for Token Ring?
IEEE 802.5
What is IEEE 802.5 concerned with?
Token Ring
What is the standard for Ethernet?
IEEE 802.3
What is IEEE 802.3 concerned with?
Ethernet
What are the two standards for thinnet? (ethernet cabling and radio grade)
- 10Base2
- RG-58
What are the two standards for thicknet? (ethernet cabling and radio grade)
- 10Base5
- RG-8
What is the cable standard for cable television? (short distances)
RG-59
What is the cable standard for cable television? (longer distances(
RG-6
UTP Cat 1
2 twisted pairs
Voice grade only (POTS)
1 MHz
UTP Cat 2
4 twisted pairs
Up to 4Mbps
10 MHz
obsolete
UTP Cat 3
4 twisted pairs
3 twists per foot
Up to 10 Mbps ethernet
16 MHz
now obsolete for networks
UTP Cat 4
4 twisted pairs
20 MHz
obsolete
UTP Cat 5
4 twisted pairs
100BaseTX (2 pair wiring)
100MHz
UTP Cat 5e (enhanced)
4 twisted pairs
1000BaseT (4 pair wiring)
100MHz
UTP Cat 6
4 twisted pairs
1000BaseTX (2 pair wiring)
limited to 55m for 10GBaseT
250MHz
UTP Cat 6a (augmented)
4 twisted pairs
10GBaseT
500MHz
STP Cat 7
4 twisted pairs
10GBaseT
600MHz
STP Cat 8
4 twisted pairs
25GBaseT
40GBaseT
limited to 30m
2000MHz
RS-232
Recommended Standard 232.
Serial connections between DTE and DCE (ie computer serial port to modem)
DB-9
9 pin serial connector (used for RS-232)
802.3u
Fast ethernet
802.3ab
Gigabit ethernet on cat 5+
802.3ae
10Gbps over fibre and coax
EIA/TIA
Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunications Industry Alliance
What is the IEEE standard for 100BaseTX?
IEEE 802.3u
What is the IEEE standard for 100BaseFX?
IEEE 802.3u
What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseCX
IEEE 802.3z (this is twin axial)
What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseT
IEEE 802.3ab (four pair wiring)
What is the wiring standard 1000TX
Cat 5, two pairs, not used anymore
What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseSX
IEEE 802.3z - uses MMF
What is the IEEE standard for 1000BaseLX
IEEE 802.3z - uses SMF
What is the IEEE standard for 10GBaseT
created by IEEE 802.3an
10Base5 - medium?
Coax
10Base5 - Max speed
10 Mbps
10Base5 - Maximum distance
500m
10Base2 - medium?
Coax
10Base2 - Max speed
10Mbps
10Base2 - Max distance?
185m
10BaseT - Medium?
UTP
10BaseT - Max speed?
10Mbps
10BaseT Max distance?
100m
100BaseTX - medium?
UTP, STP
100BaseTX - max speed?
100 Mbps
100BaseTX - Max distance?
100m
100BaseTX - no of pairs?
2
10BaseFL - medium?
Fibre
10BaseFL - max speed?
10Mbps
10BaseFL - max distance?
500m to 2000m
10BaseFL - purpose?
Ethernet over fibre to desktop
100BaseFX - medium?
MMF
100BaseFX - max speed?
100Mbps
100BaseFX - max distance?
2000m
1000BaseT - medium?
UTP, Cat 5 +, 4 pairs
1000BaseT - max speed?
1000 Mbps (1Gbps)
1000BaseT - max distance?
100m
1000BaseTX - medium?
UTP, Cat 6 plus, 2 pairs
1000BaseTX - max speed?
1000 Mbps (1Gbps)
1000BaseTX - max distance?
100m
1000BaseSX - medium?
MMF - SC connectors.
1000BaseSX - max speed?
1000Mbps (1Gbps)
1000BaseSX - max distance?
550m (max length depends on fibre size)
1000BaseCX - medium?
Balanced Shielded Copper - uses a special connector, the HSSDC
1000BaseCX - max speed?
1000Mbps
1000BaseCX - max distance?
25m
1000BaseLX - medium?
MMF and SMF, Uses SC and LC connectors
1000BaseLX - max speed?
1000Mbps (1 Gbps)
1000BaseLX - max distance?
550m MMF
2,000m SMF
10GBaseT - medium?
UTP
10GBaseT - max speed?
10 Gbps
10GBaseT - max distance?
100m
10GBaseSR - medium?
MMF - 850nm laser
10GBaseSR - max distance?
300m
10GBaseSR - max speed?
10 Gbps
10BaseLR - medium?
SMF - 1,310nm laser
10GBaseLR - max speed?
10 Gbps
10GBaseLR- max distance?
10km
10GBaseER - medium?
SMF - 1,550nm laser
10GBaseER - max speed?
10 Gbps
10GBaseER - max distance?
40 km
10GBaseSW - medium?
MMF - 850nm laser transceiver
10GBaseSW - max speed?
10Gbps
10GBaseSW - max distance?
400m
10GBaseLW - medium?
SMF - typically used with SONET
10GBaseLW - max speed?
10 Gbps
10GBaseLW - max distance?
10km
10GBaseEW - medium?
SMF - 1,550nm optical wavelength
10GBaseEW - max speed?
10 Gbps
10GBaseEW - max distance?
40km
40GBaseT - medium?
UTP Cat 8
40GBaseT - max speed?
40Gbps
40GBaseT - max distance?
30m
What is the standard for “convergent digital home network for both wireless and wireline technologies”?
IEEE 1905.1-2013
What standards are included in IEEE 1905.1-2013
- IEEE 802.11 (WiFi)
- IEEE 1901 (Homeplug, HD-PLC) powerline networking
- IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and multimedia over Coax (MoCA)
What is the powerline communtication standard?
IEEE 1901
What are two alternate names for Powerline Communications?
- BPL - Broadband over powerline
- PDSL - Powerline digital subscriber line.
What is the expected speed and max distance of BPL
500 Mbps, 1500m
What are the two technical challenges for BPL?
- Power lines are noisy
- The frequency is prone to interfering with shortwave communications.
WDM
Bidirectional Wave Division Multiplexing