An Ethernet LAN that uses thin coaxial cable rather than full-specification cable to connect the circuits required for a network. The term stands for its base-band transmission at 10Mbps on a cable with a maximum length of 200 meters. Also known as cheapernet or thinnet because of the thin coaxial cable.
All stations connect in a star configuration to a central hub, also known as a multiport repeater.
10BaseT is widely used due to the lower cost and flexibility of installing twisted pair. 100BaseT transmits at 100Mbps rather than 10Mbps. All nodes share the 100 Mbps bandwidth. Three cabling variations are provided. 100BaseTX uses two pairs of Category 5 TP, 100BaseT4 uses four pairs of Category 3, and 100BaseFX uses multimode optical fibers and is primarily intended for backbone use.