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Fast Ethernet Switching System User’s Guide
Connecting the DES-5200 to the Network
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Fiber Optic Cable
Data can travel much farther over fiber optic cable than over Category 3, 4, or 5
cable. Cable length can be up to two kilometers (1.25 miles) in full duplex and
412 meters (1350 feet) in half duplex transmitting at 100 Mbps.
Fiber optic cables connected to the fiber expansion module for 100 Mbps must
meet the following specifications to carry 1300 nm wavelength for the specified
distance:
• Multi-mode cable ISO/IEC 793-2 type B1 and ITU-T G.652
standards
• Cable must have SC connectors
Fiber optic cables attached to the gigabit expansion module must meet the
following specifications to carry 850 nm wavelength for the specified distance:
• Multi-mode cable ISO/IEC 793-2 type B1 and ITU-T G.652
standards
• Cable must have SC connectors
Gigabit traffic can travel the following distances using the specified cable:
• 62.5 um cable 220 meters (720 feet)
• 50 um cables 500 meters (1639 feet)