Table 55: Cable Distances and Types (continued)
Standard
Media Type
MHz•km
Rating
Maximum Distance
(Meters)
1000BASE-LX
(1300nm optical window)
50/125
µ
m multimode fiber
400
550
50/125
µ
m multimode fiber
500
550
62.5/125
µ
m multimode fiber
500
550
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
5,000
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
10,000
1000BASE-ZX
(1550nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
80,000
100BASE-LX100
(1550nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
100,000
1000BASE-BX10
(1490nm optical window)
(1310nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
10,000
1000BASE-LX70
(1550nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
70,000
10/100/1000BASE-T SFP
(1 Gbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP cable
–
100
(100 Mbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP cable
–
150
(10 Mbps link)
Category 5 and higher UTP cable
–
250
10GBASE-T SFP+
(10 Gb links)
Category 6A and higher UTP cable
–
30
10GBASE-SR SFP+
(850nm optical window)
62.5 mm multimode fiber
160
26
62.5 mm multimode fiber (OM1)
200
33
50 mm multimode fiber
400
66
50 mm multimode fiber (OM2)
500
82
50 mm multimode fiber (OM3)
2000
300
10GBASE-LR SFP+
(1310nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
10,000
10GBASE-ER SFP+
(1550nm optical window)
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber
–
40,000
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+
(850nm optical window)
50 mm multimode fiber (OM3)
–
100
50 mm multimode fiber (OM4)
150
1000BASE-T
Category 5 and higher UTP cable
–
100
100BASE-TX
Category 5 and higher UTP cable
–
100
10BASE-T
Category 3 and higher UTP cable
–
100
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Proprietary to Extreme Networks. Connections between two Extreme Networks 1000BASE-LX interfaces that use
10/125
µ
m single-mode fiber can use a maximum distance of 10,000 meters.
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