| A | B |
|---|
| 10GBASE-T | Copper twisted pair - shielded or unshielded. 100 m with CAT6a, up to 55 m with CAT6 |
| 10GBASE-SR | Multi-mode fiber. 26 m or 82 m depending on cable type |
| 10GBASE-SW | Multi-mode fiber. 300 m over 50 Um 2000 MHz km OM3 multi-mode fiber |
| 10GBASE-LR | Single mode fiber. 10 Km |
| 10GBASE-ER /10GBASE-EW | Single mode fiber. 40 Km |
| 10GBASE-ZR/ 10GBASE-ZW | Single mode fiber. 80 Km |
| 1000BASE-T | Unshielded twisted pair CAT5, CAT5e or CAT6. 100 m per network segment |
| 1000BASE-CX | Balanced copper shielded twisted-pair. 25 M |
| 1000BASE-SX | Single mode optic fiber. 500 M |
| 1000BASE-LX10/1000BASE-BX10 / 1000BASE-LH | Single mode fiber. 10 Km |
| 1000BASE-LX | Single mode fiber. 5 Km |
| 1000BASE-ZX | Single mode fiber. 70 Km |
| 100BASE-TX | Twisted pair copper - CAT5 or above100 M per network segment .. |
| 100BASE-T4 | Twisted pair copper-CAT3. Required 4 pairs, one pair for transmit, one for receiving, and remaining pairs switch direction as negotiated. An early implementation of fast internet. |
| 100BASE-T2 | Twisted pair copper. Runs over 2 pairs. |
| 100BASE-FX | Single or multimode fiber. 400 meters for half duplex. 2 km for full duplex over multimode fiber |
| 100BASE-SX | Multimode fiber. 300 meters |
| 100BASE-BX | Single mode fiber. 20 Km |
