| Type | Speed (Mbps) | Trans. Medium | Max. Seg. Length |
| 10Base-2 (Thinnet) | 10 Mbps | coaxial cable (RG-58) | 185 meters |
| 10Base-5 | 10 Mbps | coaxial cable | 500 meters |
| 10Base-36 | 10 Mbps | multi-channel coaxial cable | 3,600 meters |
| 10Base-F | 10 Mbps | optical fiber | 2000 meters |
| 10Base-FB | 10 Mbps | 2 multi-mode optical fibers/active hub | 2000 meters |
| 10Base-FL | 10 Mbps | 2 optical fibers/hub optional | 2000 meters |
| 10Base-FP | 10 Mbps | 2 optical fibers/passive hub | 500 meters |
| 10Base-T | 10 Mbps | twisted pair cable | 100 meters |
| 10Gigabit Ethernet | 10 billion bps | optical fiber | Multimode: 300 meters
Single mode: 40 km |
| 100Base-FX | 100 Mbps | 2 multimode optical fibers | 2000 meters |
| 100Base-T | 100 Mbps | twisted pair cable | 100 meters |
| 100Base-T2 | 100 Mbps | 2 pairs of Cat 3 or higher UTP cable | 100 meters |
| 100Base-T4 | 100 Mbps | four pairs of Cat 3 or higher UTP cable | 100 meters |
| 100Base-TX | 100 Mbps | two pairs of shielded twisted pair or Cat 4 UTP cable | 100 meters |
| 1000Base-CX | 1000 Mbps | two pairs of 150 shielded twisted pair cable | 25 meters |
| 1000Base-LX | 1000 Mbps | two multimode or single-mode optical fibers using longwave laser optics | Multimode: 550 meters
Single mode: 3000 meters |
| 1000Base-SX | 1000 Mbps | two multimode optical fibers using shortwave laser optics | Multimode: 250 meters
Single mode: 550 meters |
| 1000Base-T | 1000 Mbps | four pairs of Cat 5 UTP cable | 100 meters |
| 10/100/1000Base-X | Generic names for most Ethernet systems | |
