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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Monday, November 25, 2002 4:27:52 pm | by DanielLawson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Monday, November 25, 2002 4:20:59 pm | by GerardSharp | Revert |
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Like [10BaseT] but 10x faster, giving you 100mbit.
-Like [10BaseT] this uses a star configuration, where each client node (computer) connects to a central hub with one cable, and that cable cannot exceed 100m in length.
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+Like [10BaseT] this uses a star configuration, where each client node (computer) connects to a central hub with one cable, and that cable cannot exceed 100m in length. As such, damage to any one cable only affects that computer - the rest of the LAN is still operational.
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+While talking about star topology, its worth noting that both [10BaseT] and [100BaseT] over an unswitched network might present a star topology physically, they are actually a bus topology as far as ethernet is concerned - all traffic is rebroadcast to all other nodes. If they are used in a SwitchedEthernet then they are a star topology
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100BaseT can either be run over Category 3 cable by using all four pairs, or much more commonly over Category 5 cable, only using two pairs. (The infamous "Cat-5").
What does full duplex 100BaseT classify as?
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See Also:
* [10BaseT]
* [10Base2]
