Installation guide
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Cabling Limitations
Cabling
Limitations
Table 5 lists the IEEE standards used to determine how networks
should be configured when using coaxial cable connections.
❖Note: Extended Length networks cannot contain any
repeater-only segments.
❖
Table 4 IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standards
10Base5
Ethernet
(Thick)
10Base2 Thin
Coax (Stan-
dard)
10Base2 Thin
Coax
(Extended)
10BaseT
Data rate 10 Mbits 10 Mbits 10 Mbits 10 Mbits
Cable length per
trunk segment
500m 185m 300m 100m
Nodes per trunk
segment
100 30 100 1
Min. distance
between nodes
2.5m .5m .5m n/a
Max. number of
trunk segments
5 3 (+ 2 repeater
only)
3 (no
repeater only)
n/a
Max. network trunk
length
2500m 925m 900m n/a
Cable type dbl. shield.4”
coax
sgl. shield.2”
coax
sgl. shield.2”
coax
solid conduc-
tor
Transceiver type external with
drop cable
recessed or
external
recessed or
external
n/a
Connector clamp-on BNC BNC RJ-45