Sur des fibres optiques, on peut faire fonctionner sur :
 ** ** ** IEEE Fibre Optic Standards ** ** **
Standard        Cable Type                      Data Rate (Mbps)   Distance
10Base-FL       Multi-mode 62.5/125 or 50/125   10Mbps               2km
                Single-mode 9/125               10Mbps               15km

100Base-FX      Multi-mode 62.5/125 or 50/125   100Mbps              2km
                Single-mode 9/125               100Mbps              15km
100Base-SX      Multi-mode 62.5/125 or 50/125   100Mbps              300m

1000Base-SX     Multi-mode 62.5/125             1Gbps                220m
                Multi-mode 50/125               1Gbps                550m
1000Base-LX     Multi-mode 62.5/125 or 50/125   1Gbps                550m
                Single-mode 9/125               1Gbps                10km (ou 5km pour certains)
1000Base-LH     Single-mode 9/125               1Gbps                70km

10GB-CX4        RJ45 Cuivre                     10Gbps               15m
10GB-SR         Multi-mode 62.5/125             10Gbps               26-33m
                Multi-mode 50/125               10Gbps               66-300m
10GB-LRM        Multi-mode 62.5/125             10Gbps               220m
                Multi-mode 50/125               10Gbps               100-220m
10GB-LX4        Multi-mode 62.5/125             10Gbps               300m
                Multi-mode 50/125               10Gbps               240-300m
10GB-LR         Single-mode 9/125               10Gbps               10km
10GB-ER         Single-mode 9/125               10Gbps               40km (atténuateur nécessaire si <20km)

 ** ** ** Fibre Optic Wavelengths ** ** **
Wavelength      Mode         Usage
850nm           Multi-mode   10Base-FL, 100Base-SX, 1000Base-SX, 10GB-SR
1300nm          Multi-mode   100Base-FX, FDDI, ATM/OC-3
1310nm          Single-mode  10Base-FL, 100Base-FX, 1000Base-LX, 10GB-LRM, 10GB-LX4, 10GB-LR
1550nm          Single-mode  1000Base-ZX, High-performance long-haul networks, Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks, 10GB-ER

 ** ** ** Les normes de Fibres ** ** **
Norme           Mode
OS1             Single-mode 9/125
OM1             Multi-mode 62.5/125
OM2             Multi-mode 50/125 bande-passante faible (courte distance)
OM3             Multi-mode 50/125 bande-passante moyenne (moyenne distance)
OM4             Multi-mode 50/125 bande-passante élevée (longue distance)