Re: Gigabit Ethernet

[Matthew Keay <m@xxxxxxx>]

I have gigabit ethernet at home and the total cost wasa round 400 quid.

300 of that being the switch. (2x gigabit, 24x 10/100). (unmanaged..)

All over cat5e..

Matthew

On Fri, 31 May 2002, Stuart Booth wrote:

> 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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