Re: Gigabit Ethernet

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Stuart,

I recently got a Dell 2U server which has Gigabit.  I got a Netgear
FS726
switch with one Gigabit port.  I've wired the whole house in Cat5e
for
100Mb/s.  The Gigabit port helps avoid the server/switch bottleneck as
it
can run at 1000Mb/s.  I'd install Cat5e.  You'd really struggle
to install
Cat6 in a house, and also struggle to get the right hardware at the
moment.
Even getting the Gigabit link between the server/patch panel/patch
lead/switch to work OK can be a problem, and that might only be a metre
or
so.

Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Booth <stuart@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 31 May 2002 10:52
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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