100BASE-FX

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100BASE-FX is a Fast Ethernet standard that uses fiber-optic cabling to provide 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex network connections over longer distances than copper-based variants.

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Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fast Ethernet standard
IEEE 802.3 physical layer specification
belongsToFamily Fast Ethernet
belongsToSeries 100BASE-X
category optical Ethernet standard
collisionDomainLimit 400 m in half-duplex
connectorType SC connector
ST connector
dataRate 100 Mbit/s
introducedAs fiber-based variant of 100BASE-X
isAlternativeTo 100BASE-T4
100BASE-TX
isDefinedBy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
surface form: IEEE
isPartOf IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
surface form: IEEE 802.3
isSuccessorOf 10BASE-F
isUsedIn media converters
router interfaces
switch uplinks
layer physical layer
mediaType fiber
nominalWavelength 1300 nm
receiveFiberCount 1
requires fiber transceiver
standardizedIn 100BASE‑TX
surface form: IEEE 802.3u
standardType wired Ethernet
supports collision detection in half-duplex
supportsApplication building-to-building links
campus backbone links
industrial networking
telecommunications access networks
supportsAutoNegotiation no
supportsDistance up to 2 km in full-duplex
up to 400 m in half-duplex
supportsDuplexMode full-duplex
half-duplex
supportsFrameType IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
surface form: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet frames
supportsTopology point-to-point
star topology
totalFiberStrands 2
transmitFiberCount 1
uses separate fibers for transmit and receive
usesEncoding 4B5B
usesLineCode NRZI
usesMedium fiber-optic cable
multimode fiber
usesPhysicalLayer fiber-optic PHY

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FOIRL abbreviationOf 100BASE-FX
this entity surface form: Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link
subject surface form: IEEE 802.3
FOIRL fullName 100BASE-FX
this entity surface form: Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link