Automationdirect.com HX-ECOM Series - Maximum Cable Length; 10;100 Baset Distance Limitations; 10 Basefl Distance Limitations

Ethernet Communications Modules, 3rd Edition, Rev. D
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Maximum Cable Length
The maximum distance per 10/100BaseT cable segment is 100 meters or 328 feet. Repeaters
extend the distance. Each cable segment attached to a repeater can be 100 meters. Two repeaters
connected together extend the total range to 300 meters.
10/100BaseT Distance Limitations
10BaseFL Distance Limitations
The maximum distance per 10BaseFL cable segment is 2,000 meters or 6,560 feet. Repeaters
extend the distance. Each cable segment attached to a repeater can be 2,000 meters. Two
repeaters connected together extend the total range to 6,000 meters.
100 meters
(328 feet)
100 meters
(328 feet)
100 meters
(328 feet)
100 meters
(328 feet)
100 meters
(328 feet)
Repeaters
Between
2,000 meters
Repeaters
Between
2,000 meters
2,000 meters
(6,560 feet)
2,000 meters
2,000 meters
(6,560 feet)
(6,560 feet)
(6,560 feet)
(6,560 feet)