The 10-gigabit Ethernet family of standards encompasses media types for single-mode fibre (long haul), multi-mode fibre (up to 300 m), copper backplane (up to 1 m) and copper twisted pair (up to 100 m). It was first standardised as IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002, but is now included in IEEE Std 802.3-2008.

-10GBASE-SR: designed to support short distances over deployed multi-mode fiber cabling, it has a range of between 26 m and 82 m depending on cable type. It also supports 300 m operation over a new 2000 MHz·km multi-mode fiber.

-10GBASE-LX4: uses wavelength division multiplexing to support ranges of between 240 m and 300 m over deployed multi-mode cabling. Also supports 10 km over single-mode fibre.

For any data processing network, opting for 10 gigabit Ethernet switches becomes compulsory when the existing and older Ethernet switches such as gigabit Ethernet or fast gigabit switches start showing uninspiring speed while data work is on. 10 gigabit Ethernets are more productive and as per their nomenclature, they move data with a speed of 10 gigabits/second. 10 gigabit Ethernet switches are always equipped with multicast support and entertain 802.1X authentication. They are much more secure than the other types of Ethernets and are protected against denial-of-service attacks. As all enterprise applications converge on the common Ethernet backbone, the network must be able to gracefully support a new array of bandwidth hungry applications such as storage, backups and video. To effectively deal with this onslaught of bandwidth demand, forward-thinking network architects are designing enterprise networks with 
10 Gigabit Ethernet to meet current and future needs.

-1000BASE-T: 1 Gbit/s over Category 5e copper cabling.

-1000BASE-SX: 1 Gbit/s over fiber.

-1000BASE-LX: 1 Gbit/s over fiber. Optimized for longer distances over single-mode fiber.

-1000BASE-CX: A short-haul solution (up to 25 m) for running 1 Gbit/s Ethernet over special copper cable. Predates 1000BASE-T, and now obsolete.

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