10Base2 Sherifview Maximum Length Baseband Cable Technology

networking (Or "cheapernet")


The variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable (RG-58 or similar),


as opposed to 10base5 cable.



The "10" means 10 Mbps, "base" means "baseband" as opposed to radio frequency


and "2" means


a maximum single cable length of 200m.


navigation, search

10BASE2 cable showing the BNC connector end.

10BASE2 cable with a BNC T-connector.

10BASE2 cable end terminator.

EAD outlet

Different types of T-connectors, with AAUIs

10BASE2 (also known as cheapernet, thin Ethernet, thinnet, and thinwire) is a variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable (RG-58A/U )

Media Converters

10/100 Base-TX and 10/100/1000 Base-TX copper to fiber media converters with LC, SC, or ST connector options