Silly question i know about cabling

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When you say 1000baseT does this mean 1000mb = 1 gigabyte ? If that is the case then any word with the 1000 base i can safely say it it is gigabyte ethernet ?

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Slowhand

No, network speeds are measured in bits while file sizes are measured in bytes, (remember, there are 8 bits in a byte.) 1000BaseT is a megabit connection; a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes, which is 1,000 bytes of data.

rob42

From my notes...

Ethernet Type
IEEE Name
Common Name
Speed
Cable Type
Maximum Length

10BASE-T
802.3
Ethernet
10Mbps
TIA CAT3 or better.
Two pair
100m

100BASE-T
802.3u
Fast Ethernet
100Mbps
TIA CAT5 UTP or better.
Two pair
100m

1000BASE-T
802.3ab
Gigabit Ethernet
1000Mbps
TIA CAT5e UTP or better.
Four pair
100m

10GBASE-T
802.3an
10 Gig Ethernet
10Gbps
TIA CAT5e UTP or better.
Four pair
100m

1000BASE-SX
802.3z
Gigabit Ethernet
1000Mbps
Multimode Fiber. 50-micron
550m

1000BASE-LX
802.3z
Gigabit Ethernet
1000Mbps
Multimode Fiber. 50- or 62.5 micron
550m

1000BASE-LX
802.3z
Gigabit Ethernet
1000Mbps
9-micron single-mode fiber
5000m

Mbps = Megabits per second.

I don't think there are any errors, but I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

AndersonSmith

Slowhand wrote: »

No, network speeds are measured in bits while file sizes are measured in bytes, (remember, there are 8 bits in a byte.) 1000BaseT is a megabit connection; a megabyte is 1,000 kilobytes, which is 1,000 bytes of data.

Yes, EXACTLY what Slowhand said!

ccie14023

At least he didn't ask what "base" means...

rob42

Slowhand wrote: »

...1000BaseT is a megabit connection...

I don't think this is correct.

The way I see it is...

1 Megabit = 1,000,000 (1 million)
10 Megabits = 10,000,000 (10 million)
100 Megabits = 100,000,000 (100 million)
1000 Megabit = 1,000,000,000 (1000 million)
1 Gigabit = 1,000,000,000 (1000 million)

So, 1000BASE-T = 1000 million bits per second, which is a 'Gigabit', not a 'Megabit'