10Base5 Cabling Rules

• Thick coax

• Length of the cable is limited to 2.5 km, no more than 4 repeaters between stations

• No more than 500 m per segment ? 10Base5

• No more than 2.5 m between stations

• Transceiver cable limited to 50 m

2.5m

500 m

Repeater

Terminator

Tranceiver

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