On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> : Speaking about ethernet performance, doesn't the quality of cable
> :affect it too? I noticed that there are cables that are 350Mhz and higher
> :over the standard CAT5 100Mhz cables. Has anyone used the higher
> :frequency cables and gotten any better results? And generally for CAT5
> :cable, is there a difference in quality between BerkTek and Belden?
>
> 10BaseT is 10BaseT, as long as it is in spec it is not going to perform
> any better or worse based on the quality of the cable. So if standard
> Cat5 cable works for you, getting a higher grade cable is not going
> to make it work better. Same with 100BaseT and 1000BaseT.
Good point but I think it's like how much of 100Mhz a 100BaseTX
can push. If it pushes 100%, then it might be wise to have a little more
room for overhead. Kinda like a car, better to have reserve power when
you need it then pushing it to the max. In regards to 1000BaseT, I
thought there was no standards for that yet, atleast all the Gigabit stuff
is all fiber and not copper. Quality of cable does matter, atleast in
high-end audio/video it does and I'm sure data would be more picky than
human ears.
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