Fast Ethernet 100BASE Optical Interface Specifications

Table 10 shows the optical interface specifications for the 100BASE-FX standard.

Table 10: Fast Ethernet 100BASE-FX Optical Interface Specifications

Parameter	100BASE-FX
Rate	100 Mbps
Optical interface	Multimode
Maximum distance	50/125 MMF cable: 1640 ft (500 m) 62.5/125 MMF cable: 6562 ft (2 km)
Transmitter wavelength	1270 through 1380 nm
Average launch power	–19 through –14 dBm
Average receive power	–31 through –14 dBm
Receiver saturation	–14 dBm
Receiver sensitivity	–31 dBm

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