On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote: > Casper Gasper wrote: > > My company is about to move offices, and we need to have the new building > > wired up. Is it really crazy to do a new install with cat5e cabling > > instead > > of cat6? > > Any suggestions/advice appreciated. > > > > > > Casper. > > > If the question is: > can gigabit ethernet work on cat5e the answer is: > *no* ... but here I've gigabit ethernet cabled with cat5e, it work > faster than 100Mb ethernet and untill now no problem. > > Anyway why risk for a new install ? How much more does it cost cable > with cat6 instead of cat5e ? >> see http://discountcablesusa.com/ethernet-cables100.html for a useful summary. Go with cat6 for new install.
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