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SIMATIC NET Twisted-Pair and Fiber-Optic Networks
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Glossary
10BASE2
Standard for 10 Mbps Ethernet transmission on thin coaxial cables (Cheapernet);
maximum segment length 185 Meters
10BASE5
Standard for 10 Mbps Ethernet transmission on coaxial cables (Yellow Cable);
maximum segment length 500 Meters
10BASE-FL
Standard for 10 Mbps Ethernet transmission on glass fiber-optic cables (Fiber
Link)
10BASE-T
Standard for 10 Mbps Ethernet transmission on Twisted Pair cables
100BASE-T
Fast Ethernet Standard (100 Mbps) for data transmission on Twisted Pair cables
100BASEF-FL
Fast Ethernet Standard for data transmission on glass fiber-optic cables
Autonegotiation
Configuration protocol in Fast Ethernet
Devices on the network negotiate a transmission mode that each device is capa-
ble of using (100 Mbps or 10 Mbps; Full Duplex or Half Duplex) prior to the ac-
tual data transfer.
Autosensing
Capability of a device to detect the data rate (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps)
automatically and to send/receive at this rate.
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