Increases with length and connections.
Yes, it can. But it requires a special converter - single to multi-mode.
Single-mode Fiber
Fiber optic cable is primarily used for networking within a single building.
Every single mode can act as a multi mode fiber for light having shorter wavelengths than the one it is designed to be single mode for.
Single Mode cable is a single stand (most applications use 2 fibers) of glass fiber with a diameter of 8.3 to 10 microns that has one mode of transmission. Single Mode Fiber with a relatively narrow diameter, through which only one mode will propagate typically 1310 or 1550nm. Carries higher bandwidth than multimode fiber, but requires a light source with a narrow spectral width. Synonyms mono-mode optical fiber, single-mode fiber, single-mode optical waveguide, uni-mode fiber.
Fiber-optic cable.
A Toslink IS a Fiber Optic Digital Interconnect cable
A switch or device that converts fiber optic to cat5 cable. Search Google for "fiber-optic to cat5" Many commercial switches also have a fiber optic port also that transitions from fiber-optic to cat5 cabling. Also search ebay for "10/100 Fiber Media Converter". Found several listed there for $100 or less, single and multi.
Yes; Ethernet is really not a single technology, but a family of technologies. Details vary, for example between fiber optic and copper cable; but it is still considered "Ethernet".Yes; Ethernet is really not a single technology, but a family of technologies. Details vary, for example between fiber optic and copper cable; but it is still considered "Ethernet".Yes; Ethernet is really not a single technology, but a family of technologies. Details vary, for example between fiber optic and copper cable; but it is still considered "Ethernet".Yes; Ethernet is really not a single technology, but a family of technologies. Details vary, for example between fiber optic and copper cable; but it is still considered "Ethernet".
Scsi Cable (or more commonly know as the ribbon cable)
Multimode fiber optic cable at 850nm