1Gigabit Lan infrastructure

Discussion in 'Home Networking' started by Derek Tweedie, Oct 11, 2003.

  1. Derek Tweedie

    Derek Tweedie Guest

    I currently have a 100Mbit lan running on 5 PC's cat5 cabling.

    I have found a very cheap gigabit switch and would like to know if my Cat5
    cable will run at this speed, as someone told me I would have to get CAT5e
    ??? is this true and if so what is the difference between the 2

    Thanks
     
    Derek Tweedie, Oct 11, 2003
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    NoName Guest

    I heard you can run GB Ethernet over cat5 - a server we just got has a gigabit
    card that has a RJ45 connection- personally I would only use fibre cable for
    gigabit ethernet
     
    NoName, Oct 11, 2003
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  3. Derek Tweedie

    Derek Tweedie Guest

    So how does rj45 work on fibre?
     
    Derek Tweedie, Oct 12, 2003
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  4. Derek Tweedie

    NoName Guest

    you dont, you can get gigabit cards with either RJ45 or fibre optic connection..
    you can not run fibre over RJ45
     
    NoName, Oct 12, 2003
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    Bigguy Guest

    No ..you will need Cat 6 for 1Gb

    IIRC 'Regular' Cat 5 is rated upto 100Mb, Cat 5e (enhanced) upto 350Mb, Cat
    6 upto 1Gb.

    Cat 5e is made to a higher spec than Cat 5 and has tighter twists.

    Guy
     
    Bigguy, Oct 13, 2003
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