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AIUI, CAT6 _isn't_ an endorsed standard - it's a marketing ploy.
Personally, I'd install CAT5e... but be aware that installing CAT5e
cables
isn't enough. There are _very_ tight requirements on things like bend
radiuses,
and even the amount of end you unbend to wire into the socket (like - less
than
you'd believe possible.)
M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Booth
[mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Fri 31/05/2002 10:52
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject:
[ukha_d] Gigabit Ethernet
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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