Fiber Optic Cables; Fiber Cable Specifications; Gigabit Cable Guidelines; Table C-2. Electrical Requirements Of Fiber Optic Cable - NETGEAR FS 726 User Manual

Fiber Optic Cables

In North America, use EIA-569-A horizontal 62.5/125 µm multimode optical fiber
cable (ANSI/EIA/TIA-492AAAA).
Internationally, use ISO/IEC 11801 62.5/125 µm multimode optical fiber cable (IEC
793-2 type A1b, with 1.0db/km attenuation and 500 MHz/km bandwidth). Refer to
Table C-2 for the minimum requirements of fiber optic cable.

Fiber Cable Specifications

Table C-2 lists the electrical requirements of fiber cable.

Table C-2. Electrical Requirements of Fiber Optic Cable

Specification
Number of strands
Cable type
Numerical aperture
Total link budget
Modal band
Zero dispersion wavelength
Dispersion slope

Gigabit Cable Guidelines

Table C-3 lists the distance limitations for Gigabit fiber connections.

Table C-3. Gigabit Cable Guidelines

Multimode Fiber 62.5/125-Micron 50/125-Micron
Operating Range 2 to 260 meters 2 to 550 meters
cabling guidelines
Fiber Optic Cable
Two
62.5/125 µm multimode
fiber optic cable
0.275
11 db
500 MHz/km
1295 to 1365 nm
< 0.093 ps/nm 2 -km
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