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Cable distances

Below is the distance that various cable and fiber offers

Name Medium Specified distance
1000BASE-CX Balanced copper cabling 25 meters
1000BASE-SX Multi-mode fiber using 850 nm wavelength 550 meters
1000BASE-LX Multi-mode fiber 550 meters
1000BASE-LX Single-mode fiber 5 km
1000BASE-LH Single-mode fiber using 1310 nm wavelength 10 km
1000BASE-LH Multi-mode fiber using 1310 nm wavelength 550 meters
1000BASE-ZX Single-mode fiber at 1550 nm wavelength ~ 70 km
1000BASE-LX10 Single-mode fiber using 1310 nm wavelength 10 km
1000BASE-BX10 Single-mode fiber, over single-strand fiber: 1490 nm downstream 1310 nm upstream 10 km
1000BASE-T Twisted-pair cabling (CAT-5, CAT5e, CAT-6, or CAT-7) 100 meters
1000BASE-TX Twisted-pair cabling (CAT-6, CAT-7) 100 meters

This information is listed on the internet in numerous places but received the info from Joseph Curtis

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