Ethernet Flavours

10BASE-T (802.3)

• Data is transferred at 10Mbps
• Pins 4,5,7 and 8 not used
• Wires are Simplex

100BASE-T (Fast Ethernet) (802.3u)

• Data is transferred at 100Mbps
• Pins 4,5,7 and 8 not used
• Wires are Simplex

1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet) (802.3ab)

• Data transferred at 1000Mbs or 1Gbs
• All pins are used
• Wire pairs would be Full Duplex

10GBASE-T (802.3an)

• Data transferred at 10Gbs