Talk:Fast Ethernet
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[edit] The Merge
I merged in 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T, 100BASE-SX, and 100BASE-FX into this collective article. It still needs a lot of work. KelleyCook 18:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- I've pulled in some items from the Ethernet physical layer page. That page says that 100BASE-TX uses NRZI, not MLT-3; the talk page for that page says
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- MLT-3 is used by FDDI, but that's mostly it.
- I'll check my copy of the 802.3 standard and update this page as appropriate. Guy Harris 22:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- I fixed the MLT-3 stuff.oakad 07:49, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cat5 wiring
utp cat5 consists of 4 twisted pairs instead of 2 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.241.228.203 (talk • contribs) 05:19, 29 June 2006 (UTC).
- It is true that standard cat5 cables have 4 pairs and the standard connectors have 8 positions but the dominant fast ethernet standard (100baseTX) still only uses two pairs (1000baseT uses all 4 though). Plugwash 16:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)