NK8000 Network planning
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Siemens Building Technologies
DMS8000_Application_Specification_&_Planning_MP4.10_A6V10063710_a_en
Fire & Security Products
06.2007
5.4.4
Ethernet
Transceiver Media
Max. Nodes
per Segment
Topol-
ogy
Max.
Speed
Connector
Type
Max. Distance
without spe-
cial HW
Remarks
URL
10Base2
Copper
Coax
cable 50
RG 58
30
Bus
10 Mbps
Coax con-
necter BNC
185 Meter
Max. 4 Re-
peaters in
serial (5
segments)
and max. on
3 segments
nodes con-
nected
www.blackbox.com
www.anixter.com
www.alliedtelesyn.co
m
www.rad.com
10Base5
Copper
Coax 50
100
Bus
10 Mbps
Vampire
taps with
15 Pin AUI
connector
500 Meter
Max. 4 Re-
peaters in
serial (5
segments)
10BaseT
4-wire
Copper
CAT. 6
100
imped-
ance
1024 per the
whole network
Star
10 Mbps
RJ 45
100 Meter
Max. 4 Re-
peaters in
serial (5
segments)
10BaseF
2 wire
Fibre 50,
62,5 or
100
m
1024 per the
whole network
Star
10 Mbps
ST, SC, or
various
connector
Up to 2 km
depending on
the link budget
100BaseT
4-wire
Copper
cat. 6 100
imped-
ance
1024 per the
whole network
Star
100 Mbps
RJ 45
100 Meter
Max. 2 Re-
peaters in
serial and the
cable be-
tween the two
repeaters
max. 5 meter
7 Switches in
serial
100BaseT4
8-wire
Cat. 3 or
better
100
imped-
ance
1024 per the
whole network
Star
100 Mbps
RJ 45
100 Meter
Max. 2 Re-
peaters in
serial / 7
Switches in
serial
100BaseF
2-wire
fibre 50
or 62,5
m
1024 per the
whole network
Star
100 Mbps
ST, SC or
various
connector
412 Meter @
Half-duplex
2000 Meter @
Full-duplex
1000BaseT
8-wire
Cat. 5
100
imped-
ance
Star
1000 Mbps
RJ 45
100 Meter
1000BaseC
X
8-wire
Cat. 5
150
imped-
ance
Star
1000 Mbps
RJ 45
25 Meter
1000BaseS
X
2-wire
fibre 50
or 62,5
m
Star
1000 Mbps
ST, SC or
various
connector
550 Meter @
50
m
275 Meter 62,5
m
1000BaseLX 2-wire
fibre 9
m, 50 or
62,5
m
Star
1000 Mbps
ST, SC or
various
connector
5000 Meter @
9
m
550 Meter @
50
m
550 Meter @
62,5
m
