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APPENDIX B 100BASE-T Topology Rules and Guidelines
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100BASE-T workstations
100BASE-T workstations
Stack of
100BASE-T hubs
Stack of
100BASE-T
hubs
100BASE-TX
switching hub
Wiring closet
521.6 m total network topology
100 meter Category 5 UTP
160.8 meter fiber
5872.2
Collision domain 1 Collision domain 2
160.8 m
160.8 m
100 m
100 m
100BASE-T network topology of 521.6 meters
You can extend the 100BASE-T network topology further by
interconnecting the switches using fiber links. Interconnecting two
switches creates a network that contains four separate collision
domains. The overall network topology grows while each collision
domain can be modeled after the extended collision domains
illustrated in previous two illustrations.
The next illustration shows how two separate 100BASE-T networks,
each supporting different workgroups in different physical locations,
are interconnected using a 2-km fiber link.