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It is a Network Interface Card that connects 10BaseT Networks together A 10BaseT Cable is an Ethernet Cable consisting of 4 pairs of wires 2 for transmitting and 2 for receiving
10BaseT is another name for co-axial cable. It has a maximum cable length of 185 meters or 607 ft.
10BaseT is an Ethernet cabling standard. 10BaseT devices can transfer data at a rate of up to 10 Mbps, and use twisted pairs of wires in their Ethernet cabling, as opposed to a coaxial cable. If you see wiring with an RJ-45 plug on the end, you probably have a 10BaseT or backwards-compatible product (such as 100BaseT or 1000BaseT).
10baseT networks cords do still exist in 2013. They are considered to be a cheaper alternative to create a LAN network. The flaw in the cord however, is that if there is a small malfunction in part of the cable, then the whole thing will not work.
100 Meters per segment, a maximum of 5 segments equaling 500 Meters.
10baseT - 10Mbps 100BaseT - 100Mbps GigE - 1000Mbps or 1Gbps 10GigE - 10000Mbps or 10Gbps
It stands for 'twisted pair'. 10BaseT or Ethernet cable consists of two pairs of wires twisted around each other inside an external sheath.
100 Megabits per second
Cat 2 cable was rated at 4 or 16 mbps whereas cat 3 cable would be rated at 10 mbps. Since 10baseT networks with Ethernet ran at 10 mbps this meant that cat 2 cable would not be useable in those networks. The minimum category cable for those networks had to be at least a cat 3 cable.
A very few of the expensive ones are. Most of the common types are made in China now.
100 meters.
Fast Ethernet is 10 times faster than 10BaseT, so 45 seconds.