CCNA


NETWORK DEVICES tutorials
1> NIC Card
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NIC Card stands for Network Interface Card. Today most motherboards are equipped with onboard Ethernet 100 MBPS LAN Card.
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However there are 3 type of Ethernet LAN Card
A> Ethernet Card Speed 10 MBPS
B> Fast Ethernet Card Speed 100 MBPS
C> Giga Ethernet Card Speed 1000 MBPS
Common Ethernet name |
Designation |
Cable type |
Cable Speed |
Max.SegmentLength |
Standard Ethernet |
10 Base 2 |
RG-58 |
10 Mbps |
200 mtr |
Standard Ethernet |
10 Base T |
CAT 3 UTP |
10 Mbps |
100 mtr |
Fast Ethernet |
100 Base T |
CAT 5 UTP |
100 Mbps |
100 mtr |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 Base T |
CAT 5E UTP |
1,000 Mbps |
100 mtr |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 Base LX |
50/125 or 62.5/125 multimode Fiber |
10,000 Mbps |
550 mtr |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 Base SX |
50/125 multimode Fiber |
1,000 Mbps |
500 mtr |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 Base SX |
62.5/50 multimode fiber optic |
1,000 Mbps |
275 mtr |
Gigabit Ethernet |
1000 Base LX |
9 micron single mode fo |
1,000 Mbps |
3 to 10 km |