Gigabit Ethernet

["Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

I was just reading an artcle in ITWeek about Dell offering 
P4/Celeron PCs with onboard Gigibit Ethernet (Optiplex GX260's).

I had thought prices of Gigibit Ethernet were exhorbitant. This 
newsbit made me wonder if I should plan for GbEthernet when I 
start wiring my house up with CAT5 cable (or whatever I would 
require) later in the year.

Are there any special cables (CAT6? CAT5e?) required for 
GbEthernet?

Or if CAT5e cable gets slapped in the walls, is it just a switch 
upgrade + network card upgrade that is required?

Fast Ethernet is more than adequate for my uses at the moment, 
but that doesn't mean to say I won't find further uses for it some 
years down the road.

Stuart


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