One popular type of Small Form Factor (SFF) connector, considered by many to be the predominant fiber-optic connector

The IEEE standards committee for 1000BaseT

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard, introduced in 2006, that is designed to run on CAT 6a UTP cabling. Maximum cable length on CAT 6 UTP is 55 meters

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN standard using 850-nm multimode fiber. Maximum cable length is 300 meters

A Gigabit Ethernet standard using a unique twinaxial copper cabling, with a 25-meter maximum cable length.

Adapters with ports or dongles attached that are used to connect different types of Ethernet cabling

A Gigabit Ethernet standard using a unique twinaxial copper cabling, with a 25-meter maximum cable length.

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN standard using 1310-nm single-mode fiber. Maximum cable length up to 10 kilometers. The most popular and least expensive 10 GbE media type

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN standard using 1550-nm single-mode fiber. Maximum cable length up to 40 kilometers

An umbrella Gigabit Ethernet standard, also known as 802.3z. It comprises all Gigabit standards with the exception of 1000BaseT, which is under the 802.3ab standard.

A standard for connecting fiber-optic transmission systems running at approximately 10 Gbps that was in use before the IEEE developed fiber-based 10 GbE standards.

The umbrella IEEE standard for all versions of Gigabit Ethernet other than 1000BaseT.

An Ethernet LAN copper cabling standard (also known as 100BaseTX) using two pairs of wires on CAT5(e) or better, running at 100 Mbps with baseband signaling. The maximum cable length is 100 meters.

Currently (2009) the fastest Ethernet designation available, with a number of fiber-optic and copper standards

A Gigabit Ethernet standard using single-mode fiber cabling with a 5-kilometer maximum cable length. Some manufacturers have extended this to 70-kilometers by using special repeaters

Interchangeable modular transceivers used in 10 GbE networking devices.

An Ethernet LAN designed to run on UTP cabling. Runs at 100 Mbps and uses four-pair CAT3 or better cabling. Made obsolete by 100BaseTX, now known as 100BaseT

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN standard using 1310-nm single-mode fiber. Maximum cable length is 10 kilometers

An Ethernet LAN cabling standard that uses fiber-optic cabling, runs at 100 Mbps with baseband signaling, and uses ST and SC connectors. The maximum cable length is 2 kilometers.

The most widely implemented Gigabit Ethernet standard, using four-pair CAT 5e/6 UTP cabling with a 100-meter maximum cable length.

A description of later-generation fiber-optic connectors designed to be much smaller than the first iterations of connectors.

The technically accurate but little-used name for 100BaseT

A 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN standard using 1550-nm single-mode fiber. Maximum cable length up to 40 kilometers

A Gigabit Ethernet standard using a unique twinaxial copper cabling, with a 25-meter maximum cable length

The most widely implemented Gigabit Ethernet standard, using four-pair CAT 5e/6 UTP cabling with a 100-meter maximum cable length