... Topology A ring topology is actually not a physical arrangement of a network cable, as you might guess. Instead, rings are a logical arrangement; the actual cables are wired in a star, with each ... number—can be 10, 100, or 1000, and this number indicates the data rate (in Mbps) that the standard carries. The word Base means the network is baseband rather than broadband. (A baseband connection ... coaxial (RG-58) cable10Base-5 10 Mbps, coaxial (RG-8) cable10Base-T 10 Mbps, twisted-pair (two pairs, Cat-3 or higher) cable100Base-T 100 Mbps, twisted-pair (two pairs, Cat-5) cable; a variant...