Re: Gigabit Ethernet

["Jason Lee" <jasonjlee@xxxxxxx>]

If one were to buy just gigabit adapters I guess such instructions would
not
be supplied?

In which case, care to point me in the direction of any directions, as
it
were?

Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Gigabit Ethernet


> Nik - CAT6 isn't a ratified standard in the same way as CAT5 is.
>
> CAT6 is, for the moment, simply a marketing term used by some
manufacturers to make you think their products are better.
>
> There is a draft CAT6 standard currently in the ratification process,
but
it's not clear how many products marked "CAT6" to date will
actually comply
with it.
>
> If you've gone with a single manufacturer's system, then you'll
probably
be OK at 1Gb PROVIDED you've installed as per their instructions...
which
ARE important at anything over 100Mb/sec.
>
> M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Fri 31/05/2002 12:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Gigabit Ethernet
>
>
> I have installed Cat6 in my flat. I had to install Cat6 patch panel
and
Cat6 sockets.
> They claim that they have to be all from same manufacturer to comply.
I
don't know why. It didn't cost an arm and a leg, and I am a bit
future-proofed, I hope.
> I didn't pay to much attention to bend radiuses etc. because I
wasn't
aware at that time that there are any constraints.
> I have 100Mbps network running fine. Maybe I'll experience some
problems
when I switch to Gigabit, I don't know. That's not in my immediat
plans.
> Nik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Coates [mailto:ecolume@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 May 2002 12:24
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Gigabit Ethernet
>
>
> 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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