Installation guide

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Technical Specifications
In-Band Cable Limitations
Table 4 lists the IEEE standards used to determine how networks
should be configured when using coaxial cable connections.
Table 5 IEEE Standards for Coaxial Cable Connections
∆ Note: Extended length networks cannot contain
any repeater-only segments.
10Base5
Ethernet (Thick)
10Base2 Thin
Coax
(Standard)
10BaseT
Data rate 10 Mbits 10 Mbits 10 Mbits
Cable length
per trunk
segment
500m 185m 100m
Nodes per trunk
segment
100 30 1
Min. distance
between nodes
2.5m .5m n/a
Max. number of
trunk segments
5 3 (+ 2 repeater
only)
n/a
Max. network
trunk length
2500m 925m n/a
Cable type double shield
0.4” coax
single shield
0.2” coax
solid conductor
Transceiver type external with
drop cable
recessed or
external
n/a
Connector clamp-on BNC RJ45B