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10Base2 is a co-axial bus-based physical cabling for Ethernet. In the OSI seven layer model, this is LAYER 1 - PHYSICAL.
-10base2 follows a
naming structure where 10 represents the speed
in megabits per second (Mbit
/s)
, and 2 represents
the maximum distance available
(185m
or nearly 200m
). For example in 100baseT4 theres 100 Mbit/sec over four Twisted pairs, or eight wires
.
+10base2 follows the following
naming structure: Speed
in Megabits
/second, followed by the term 'base', to signify baseband transmission
, and some other qualifier
+dependant upon the technology. In this case, the
2 refers to
the maximum distance allowed in this protocol - about 200 Metres
(185
or so, in fact
). 10base5 is the only other similar technology which uses the same nomenclature - and it allows up to about 500 Metres
.
Other names for 10base2 include thin net, cheapernet, curtainwire and coax.
There are two general styles for 10base2 cabling. The common style involves the use of one tee connector per station, with coaxial cable joining to each station in series. At the end of each bus there is a 50 ohm connector across the core/shield which is commonly referred to as a TERMINATOR. Because this is a bus system, any fault in the wire will affect all stations.
