Classic Ethernet

Short description: Early 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standards

Classic Ethernet is a family of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standards, which is the first generation of Ethernet standards. In 10BASE-X, the 10 represents its maximum throughput of 10 Mbit/s, BASE indicates its use of baseband transmission, and X indicates the type of medium used. Classic Ethernet includes coax, twisted pair and optical variants. The first Ethernet standard was published in 1983 and classic Ethernet operating at 10 Mbit/s was the dominant form of Ethernet until the first standard for Fast Ethernet was approved in 1995.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Varieties
* 2 Fibre-based standards (10BASE-F)
* 2.1 FOIRL
* 2.2 10BASE-FL
* 2.3 10BASE-FB
* 2.4 10BASE-FP
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Varieties

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Classic coaxial Ethernet \- (Data rate: 10 Mbit/s - Line code: PE - Line rate: 20 MBd \- Full-Duplex / Half-Duplex)
10BASE5
Thick Ethernet
DIX Standard | 802.3-1983
(CL8) | obsolete
09/2003  | Coax
RG-8X
(50 Ω)  | AUI,

Vampire tap | MAU | 500  | 1  | N/A  | 1  | LAN; original standard;
electrical bus topology with collision detection;
uses a single coaxial cable into which you literally tap a connection by drilling into the cable to connect to the core and screen.
10BASE2
Thin Ethernet
ThinNet
Cheapernet | 802.3a-1988
(CL10) | obsolete
09/2011  | Coax
RG-58
(50 Ω)  | BNC,
EAD/TAE-E  | 185  | 1  | N/A  | 1  | LAN; dominant standard from the mid to late 1980s;
electrical bus topology with collision detection;
coaxial cable connects machines together, each machine using a T-connector to connect to its NIC. Requires terminators at each end.
Classic fibre Ethernet \- (Data rate: 10 Mbit/s - Line code: PE - Line rate: 20 MBd \- Full-Duplex / Half-Duplex)
FOIRL | 802.3d-1987
(CL9.9) | superseded  | Fibre
850 nm | ST  | MAU | OF: 1k | 2  | 1  | 1  | original standard for Ethernet over fiber;
uses any optical fiber with up to 4 dB/km attenuation and at least 150 MHz bandwidth;
superseded by 10BASE-FL
10BASE-FL | 802.3j-1993
(CL15/18) | largely
obsolete  | Fibre
850 nm | ST  | FDDI: 2k | 2  | 1  | 1  | Nodes
10BASE-FB | 802.3j-1993
(CL15/17) | largely
obsolete  | Fibre
850 nm | ST  | FDDI: 2k | 2  | 1  | 1  | synchronous inter-repeater connections
10BASE-FP | 802.3j-1993
(CL15/16) | obsolete  | Fibre
850 nm | ST  | FDDI: 1k | 2  | 1  | 1  | passive, repeaterless star network;
Market Failure, never implemented

## Fibre-based standards (10BASE-F)

10BASE-F, or sometimes 10BASE-FX, is a generic term for the family of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standards using fiber-optic cable. In 10BASE-F, the 10 represents a maximum throughput of 10 Mbit/s, BASE indicates its use of baseband transmission, and F indicates that it relies on a medium of fiber-optic cable. The technical standard requires two strands of 62.5/125 µm multimode fiber. One strand is used for data transmission while the other is used for reception, making 10BASE-F a full-duplex technology. There are three different variants of 10BASE-F: 10BASE-FL, 10BASE-FB and 10BASE-FP. Of these only 10BASE-FL experienced widespread use.[2] With the introduction of later standards 10 Mbit/s technology has been largely replaced by faster Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet standards.

### FOIRL

Fiber-optic inter-repeater link (FOIRL) is a specification of Ethernet over optical fiber. It was specially designed as a back-to-back transport between repeater hubs to decrease latency and collision detection time, thus increasing the possible network radius. It was replaced by 10BASE-FL.[2]

### 10BASE-FL

10BASE-FL is the most commonly used 10BASE-F specification of Ethernet over optical fiber. In 10BASE-FL, FL stands for fiber optic link. It replaces the original fiber-optic inter-repeater link (FOIRL) specification, but retains compatibility with FOIRL-based equipment. When mixed with FOIRL equipment, the maximum segment length is limited to FOIRL's 1000 meters.[2]

### 10BASE-FB

The 10BASE-FB is a network segment used to bridge Ethernet hubs. Here FB abbreviates FiberBackbone. Due to the synchronous operation of 10BASE-FB, delays normally associated with Ethernet repeaters are reduced, thus allowing segment distances to be extended without compromising the collision detection mechanism. The maximum allowable segment length for 10BASE-FB is 2000 meters. This media system allowed multiple half-duplex Ethernet signal repeaters to be linked in series, exceeding the limit on the total number of repeaters that could be used in a given 10 Mbit/s Ethernet system. 10BASE-FB links were attached to synchronous signaling repeater hubs and used to link the hubs together in a half-duplex repeated backbone system that could span longer distances.[2]

### 10BASE-FP

In 10BASE-FP, FP denotes fibre passive. This variant calls for a non-powered optical signal coupler capable of linking up to 33 devices, with each segment being up to 500 m in length. This formed a star network centered on the signal coupler. There are no devices known to have implemented this standard.[2][3]

## See also

* 10BASE-T

## References

1. ↑ "IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Supplement - Media Access Control (MAC) Parameters, Physical Layer, Medium Attachment Units, and Repeater for 100Mb/s Operation, Type 100BASE-T (Clauses 21-30)". IEEE Standards Association. https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.3u/1079/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charles E. Spurgeon (2014). Ethernet: The Definitive Guide (2nd ed.). O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4493-6184-6.
3. ↑ Parker, Tim (2000-07-10). "Obscure standard may make you flip for fibre". ProQuest Computer Science Journals (Rogers Publishing Limited) 13 (11). ProQuest 274984076.

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Ethernet family of local area network technologies

Speeds|

* 10 Mbit/s
* 100 Mbit/s
* 1 Gbit/s
* 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s
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* 25 and 50 Gbit/s
* 40 and 100 Gbit/s
* 200 and 400 Gbit/s

General|

* Physical layer
* Autonegotiation
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* Flow control
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Organizations|

* IEEE 802.3
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Media|

* Twisted pair
* Coaxial
* First mile
* 10G-EPON

Historic|

* CSMA/CD
* StarLAN
* 10BROAD36
* 10BASE-FB
* 10BASE-FL
* 10BASE5
* 10BASE2
* FOIRL
* 100BaseVG
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* MAU
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* AUI
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