9.1 Electrical Interfaces
This section describes the attributes of electrical interfaces.
Table 9-1 describes the attributes of 10BASE-TX/100BASE-TX electrical interfaces.
Table 9-1 Attributes of 10BASE-TX/100BASE-TX electrical interfaces
Item Description
Connector type RJ45
Interface attribute MDI/MDIX
NOTE
l The interfaces of most network cards are medium dependent interfaces
(MDIs).
l MDIX interfaces are usually used on hubs or LAN switches.
Standards
compliance
IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab
Frame format Ethernet_II, Ethernet_SAP, or Ethernet_SNAP
Network layer
protocol
IP
Table 9-2 describes the attributes of 1000BASE-T electrical interfaces.
Table 9-2 Attributes of 1000BASE-T electrical interfaces
Item
Description
Connector type RJ45
Interface attribute MDI/MDIX
NOTE
l The interfaces of most network cards are medium dependent interfaces
(MDIs).
l MDIX interfaces are usually used on hubs or LAN switches.
Standards
compliance
IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab
Frame format Ethernet_II, Ethernet_SAP, or Ethernet_SNAP
Network layer
protocol
IP
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