Intel Express 100BASE-TX User Manual page 50

Wiring closet
Stack of
100BASE-T hubs
100BASE-T workstations
Collision domain 1
100 meter Category 5 UTP
100BASE-T network topology of 400 meters
In the next illustration, the network topology is extended to a
maximum distance of 521.6 meters. In this network, two 160.8 meter
fiber links connect two repeaters to a switch in the wiring closet. 100
meter Category 5 copper links connect workstations and servers to the
100BASE-T repeater. Each collision domain in this network is a
maximum of 260.8 meters. When the collision domains are
interconnected through the switch, the network topology is extended
to a total of 521.6 meters.
400 m total network topology
100BASE-TX
Switching hub
100BASE-T workstations
Collision domain 2
Stack of
100BASE-T
hubs
5872.1