Less attenuation, can run over longer distance without repeaters Larger bandwidth and higher information rate Disadvantages: Difficult to couple light in and out of the tiny core Highly directive light source (laser) is required Interfacing modules are more expensive Comparison of Guided Media(Ref CISCO web material) edia Maximum Speed Cost Advantages Disadvantages Type Segment Length UTP 100 m 10 Mbps to Least Easy to install; widely Susceptible to 1000 Mbps expensive available and widely interference; can cover used only a limited distance STP 100 m 10 Mbps to More Reduced crosstalk; Difficult to work with; 100 Mbps expensive than more resistant to EMI can cover only a limited UTP than Thinnet or UTP distance Coaxial 500 m 10 Mbps to Relatively Less susceptible to EMI Difficult to work with (Thicknet) 100 Mbps inexpensive, interference than other (Thicknet); limited but more costly types of copper media bandwidth; limited than UTP application (Thinnet); 185 m damage to cable can (Thinnet) bring down entire network 10 km and 100 Mbps to Expensive Cannot be tapped, so Difficult to terminate farther 100 Gbps security is better; can (single be used over great mode) distances; is not susceptible to EMI; has 100 Mbps to a higher data rate than 2 km and 9.92 Gbps coaxial and twisted-pair farther (multimode) cable (multimode) Review Exercises What is the maximum cable length for STP? 100 feet 150 feet 100 meters 1000 meters
Less attenuation, can run over longer distance without repeaters Larger bandwidth and higher information rate Disadvantages: Difficult to couple light in and out of the tiny core Highly directive light source (laser) is required Interfacing modules are more expensive Comparison of Guided Media(Ref CISCO web material) edia Type Maximum Segment Length Speed Cost Advantages Disadvantages UTP 100 m 10 Mbps to 1000 Mbps Least expensive Easy to install; widely available and widely used Susceptible to interference; can cover only a limited distance STP 100 m 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps More expensive than UTP Reduced crosstalk; more resistant to EMI than Thinnet or UTP Difficult to work with; can cover only a limited distance Coaxial 500 m (Thicknet) 185 m (Thinnet) 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps Relatively inexpensive, but more costly than UTP Less susceptible to EMI interference than other types of copper media Difficult to work with (Thicknet); limited bandwidth; limited application (Thinnet); damage to cable can bring down entire network 10 km and farther 2 km and farther (multimode) 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps (single mode) 100 Mbps to 9.92 Gbps (multimode) Expensive Cannot be tapped, so security is better; can be used over great distances; is not susceptible to EMI; has a higher data rate than coaxial and twisted-pair cable Difficult to terminate Review Exercises What is the maximum cable length for STP? 100 feet 150 feet 100 meters 1000 meters