name - medium - specifieddistance

1000BASE-CX - Balanced copper cabling - 25 meters

1000BASE-SX - Multi-mode fiber - 220 to 550 meters dependent on fiber diameter and bandwidth

1000BASE-LX - Multi-mode fiber - 550 meters

1000BASE-LX - Single-mode fiber - 5 km or 3 miles

1000BASE-LX10 - Single-mode fiber using 1310 nm wavelength - 10 km or 6.2 miles

1000BASE-ZX - Single-mode fiber at 1550 nm wavelength - ~ 70 km

1000BASE-BX10 - Single-mode fiber, over single-strand fiber: 1490 nm downstream 1310 nm upstream - 10 km or 6.2 miles

1000BASE-T - Twisted-pair cabling (CAT-5, CAT-5e, CAT-6, or CAT-7) - 100 meters or 328 feet

1000BASE-TX - Twisted-pair cabling (CAT-6, CAT-7) - 100 meters or 328 feet

Reference: IEEE 802.3-2008

FIBER GBIC DISTANCES

GBIC’s (SC connections)  (need patch cables SC--->ST(idf))

Cisco 1000BASE-SX (WS-G5484)

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.4 micron = 722 ft (220 m)

50 micron = 1640 ft (500 m)

Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH (WS-G5486)

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.4 micron = 1804 ft (550 m)

50 micron = 1804 ft (550 m)

Note: Requires using special patch cord from GBIC to IDF (CAB-GELX-625)

Cisco 1000BASE-ZX (WS-G5487)

Fiber Type: SingleMode

9/10 micron = 43.4 to 62 miles (70 to 100 km)

Reference for 1GB GBIC distances

Cisco X2-10GB-SR

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 26m

50 micron = 82m

Cisco X2-10GB-LRM

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 220m

50 micron = 100m-220m

Cisco X2-10GB-LX4

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 300m

50 micron = 240m-300m

Reference for 10GB X2 distances

Cisco XENPAK-10GB-LX4

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 300m

50 micron = 240m-300m

Cisco XENPAK-10GB-LRM

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 220m

50 micron = 100m-220m

Cisco XENPAK-10GB-SR

Fiber Type: Multimode

62.5 micron = 26m

50 micron = 82m

Reference for 10GB Xenpack distances