| Cable Name | Cable Type | Maximum Length | Data Rate |
| 10Base5 | Coaxial | 500 m per segment | 10Mbps |
| 10Base2 | Coaxial | 185 m per segment | 10Mbps |
| 10BaseT | UTP | 100 m per segment | 10Mbps |
| 10BaseF | Fiber-Optic | 2 km | 10Mbps |
| 100BaseT | UTP | 100 m per segment | 100Mbps |
| 100VG-AnyLan | UTP | 100 m per segment | 100Mbps fast ethernet |
| 100BaseT4 | 4 pairs category 3, 4, or 5 UTP | 100 m per segment | 100Mbps |
| 100BaseTX | 2 pairs category 5 UTP or category 1 STP | 100 m between the hub and the network node | 100Mbps fast ethernet |
| 100BaseFX | Fiber-Optic | 2 km | 100Mbps fast ethernet |
| Category 3 | UTP | 100 m including patch panel and patch cables | 10Mbps fast ethernet 4 and 16Mbps token ring and VGAnyLan at 16Mhz |
| Category 5 | UTP | 90 m (100 m, including patch panel and patch cables) | 100Mbps fast ethernet at 100MHZ |