10BASE2

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10BASE2 is an older Ethernet standard that uses thin coaxial cable to provide 10 Mbps networking over relatively short distances in a bus topology.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
10BASE2 canonical 2
Thin Ethernet 1
Thinnet 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethernet standard
IEEE 802.3 physical layer specification
alsoKnownAs MILNET
surface form: Cheapernet

10BASE2
surface form: Thin Ethernet

10BASE2
surface form: Thinnet

10BASE2
surface form: Thinwire Ethernet
basebandOrBroadband baseband
cableImpedance 50 ohms
collisionDomain shared
connectorType BNC connector
dataRate 10 Mbit/s
designedFor local area networks
encodingScheme Manchester encoding
layerInOSIModel physical layer
maximumFrameSize 1518 bytes
maximumNetworkLength 3035 feet
925 meters
maximumNumberOfSegments 5
maximumRepeaters 4
maximumSegmentLength 185 meters
607 feet
maximumStationsPerSegment 30
minimumDistanceBetweenTaps 0.5 meters
1.5 feet
minimumFrameSize 64 bytes
nameMeaning 10 for 10 Mbit/s
2 approximating 200 meters maximum segment length
BASE for baseband
obsoleteStatus largely obsolete
partOfFamily 10 Mbit/s Ethernet
preambleLength 56 bits
predecessor 10BASE5
requiresContinuousCableRun yes
requiresTermination yes
requiresTerminatorAtEachEnd yes
sfdLength 8 bits
standardizationYear 1985
standardizedIn IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
surface form: IEEE 802.3a
successor 10BASE-T
supportsBusWiring yes
supportsHalfDuplex yes
susceptibleToSinglePointFailure yes
terminatorImpedance 50 ohms
topology bus topology
typicalUseEra 1980s
1990s
usesCSMACD yes
usesMedium RG-58 coaxial cable
thin coaxial cable
usesTConnectorsAtStations yes
usesVampireTaps no

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard defines 10BASE2
subject surface form: IEEE 802.3
10BASE2 alsoKnownAs 10BASE2
this entity surface form: Thin Ethernet
10BASE2 alsoKnownAs 10BASE2
this entity surface form: Thinnet
10BASE2 alsoKnownAs 10BASE2
this entity surface form: Thinwire Ethernet
IEEE 802.3j relatedTo 10BASE2