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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. As such, damage to any one cable only affects that computer - the rest of the LAN is still operational.

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.

100BaseT can either be run over Category 3 UTP cable by using all four pairs, or much more commonly over Category 5 cable, only using two pairs. (The infamous "Cat-5").

Q: What does full duplex 100BaseT classify as?
A: 100BaseTX?

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