Over the years, Ethernet morphed from using coaxial cable to twisted pair cable and fiberoptic cables. The original standard called for network frames sent at 10Mbps.

These cables are half as thin as thick ethernet and look a lot like TV antenna cable. Thin coax does away with the "vampire taps" that allow new stations to attach anywhere to a thick coax segment.

The earliest forms of Ethernet used RG-8 style coaxial cable. It’s a thick, stiff cable requiring special vampire taps and lots of expensive equipment to operate.

These cables are half as thin as thick ethernet and look a lot like TV antenna cable. Thin coax does away with the "vampire taps" that allow new stations to attach anywhere to a thick coax segment.

After that came 10BASE-T, which used twisted pair cables instead of coaxial, and which is still used in the modern day. 10BASE-T became 100BASE-TX (the aptly named fast Ethernet—gotta love these ...

Short of running Ethernet cables through the walls as well as a thick ... back from traveling over coaxial cable to Ethernet. ... over the coaxial cables in the 1.125 to 1.675Ghz range ...

The “wired office” was born. The 92-page document titled “The Ethernet, A Local Area Network. ... (In this earliest version the main cable was a thick, heavy coax cable.

Buying the right Ethernet cable can be a real pain. ... and the sheathing — which is thick enough to eliminate crosstalk — makes for a much denser, ... Ethernet over COAX/MoCA.

The longtime standard for Ethernet cables is called Category 5, which is commonly referred to as Cat 5. The Cat 5 standard has been in use since 2001. A normal cable supports speeds up to 100 Mb/sec.

The max allowed segment lengths for 10Base2 was 185 ft when using RG 58 coaxial cable, also known as “Thin Ethernet.” 10Base 5 offered greater distances between segment nodes; however, it ...

The 9.5mm thick coaxial cable also wasn't the easiest type of cabling to work with. For instance, I once saw two telecom company guys hammer on a couple of thick coax cables that went through a ...