Fibre Optic Interface Distances Guide

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We’ve compiled a list of fibre optic interface standards and have shown the distances that can be transmitted over different types of cable.

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StandardFibre type

FDDI
grade

OM1

OM2

OM3

OM4

OS1

OS2

100BASE-SX

550m

550m

550m

550m

550m

100BASE-FX

2km

2km

2km

2km

2km

100BASE-BX

2km

2km

2km

2km

2km

10-40km

10-40km

100BASE-LX10

10km

10km

1000BASE-SX

220m

275m

550m

550m

550m

1000BASE-LX

550m

550m

550m

550m

550m

5km

5km

1000BASE-LX10

10km

10km

1000BASE-BX10

10km

10km

1000BASE-ZX

70km

70km

10GBASE-SR/SW

26m

33m

82m

300m

400m

10GBASE-LR/-LW

4.2km

10km

10GBASE-LRM

220m

220m

220m

220m

220m

10GBASE-LX4

300m

300m

300m

300m

300m

4.2km

10km

10GBASE-ER/-EW

8.9km

22.25km

10GBASE-ZR/-ZW

80km

40GBASE-SR4

100m

150

40GBASE-LR4

4.7km

10km

100GBASE-SR10

100m

125m

100GBASE-LR4

8.3km

10km

100GBASE-LR10

8.3km

10km

100GBASE-ER4

16km

40km

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