Richard Hosking wrote:
If there is any gain in speed, it is probably in the logic of the cards
rather than in any cabling. The basic physics of a transmission
line/cable at 1 GHz (or greater if you want clean data with fast rise
times) mean that I doubt that these systems can really work reliably in
the real world at 1 GBit/s, even if the computers at either end could
cope. To be fair, I havent seen CAT6 cable - how thick is it, and is it
shielded?
Richard,
Gigabit technology was designed to be backwards compatible with cat 5
cabling, as long as it has been properly installed. It does work
reliably in the real world, on both cat 5 and 6.
If its a new installation, go for cat 6, if it's not, and the cat 5 has
been done properly, continue to use it.
Greg
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