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Foil 26 Cabling -Coaxial cable

From Introduction to Networking Technologies CPS640 MultiMedia and Networking -- Spring Semester 1998. by Roman Markowski


Thin ethernet cable
  • 50-ohm, 0.2-inch-diameter RG-58 A/U or RG-58 C/U
  • Connector: BNC, BNC barrel, T-BNC, BNC terminator
  • Max length of ethernet segment: 185 m
  • Distance between nodes: 0.5 m
Thick ethernet cable (yellow cable)
  • 50-ohm, 0.4-inch-diameterm, stiffer than thin cable
  • Connector: N-series male connector, N-series barrel
  • connector, N-series terminator
  • Max length of ethernet segment: 500m
  • Distance between nodes: 2.5 m
Broadband coax cable
  • 75-ohm; can carry integrated voice, data and video signals



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