Ethernet Version Transmit Symbol Rate (Baud) Encoding Cabling Duplex IEEE Reference
10BASE-T(*) 10 MBd Manchester (binary 1 = low->high, binary 0 = high->low transition in middle of a bit period 2 pairs of CAT 3 UTP Full or Half 802.3
100BASE-T2 25 MBd PAM5x5 (each nibble->2 quinery symbols {-2, -1, 0, +1, +2}) 2 pairs of CAT 3 UTP Full or Half 802.3 clause 32
100BASE-T4 33 Mbd 8B/6T (each octet->6 ternary symbols {-1, 0, +1}) 4 pairs of CAT 3 UTP Half only 802.3 clause 23
100BASE-TX(*) 125 MBd 4B/5B (each nibble->5 bit binary code) 2 pairs of CAT 5 UTP or Type 1 STP Full or Half 802.3 clause 25
1000BASE-T(*) 125 MBd 4D-PAM5(each octet->4 quinery symbols {-2, -1, 0, +1, +2}) 4 pairs of CAT 5 UTP Full or Half 802.3 clause 40
1000BASE-CX 125 MBd 8B/10B (each octet->10 bit binary code) 2 pairs of 150-ohm STP Full or Half 802.3 clause 39