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What are the maximum distances that fibre optic cables can run?

What are the maximum distances that fibre optic cables can run?

We are often asked this fairly common question here at Electrastar so we have provided this easy to understand table to answer the question.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet Standards

Data Rate

Fibre Optic Cable Type

Maximum Distance

Ethernet (10Base-FL)

10 Mbps

50µm or 62.5µm Multimode @ 850nm

2km

Fast Ethernet (100Base-FX)

100 Mbps

50µm or 62.5µm Multimode @ 1300nm

2km

Fast Ethernet (100Base-SX)

100 Mbps

50µm or 62.5µm Multimode @ 850nm

300m

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX)

1000 Mbps

50µm Multimode @ 850nm

550m

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX)

1000 Mbps

62.5µm Multimode @ 850nm

220m

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-LX)

1000 Mbps

50µm or 62.5µm Multimode @ 1300nm

550m

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-LX)

1000 Mbps

9µm Singlemode @1310nm

5km

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-LH)

1000 Mbps

9µm Singlemode @1550nm

70km