-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John E. Perry wrote: > Russell Jones wrote: >> ... >> Disagree. For 100Mbps, just get Cat. 5. It'll work fine. Spend your >> pennies on something else. >> > > Same here. I have my home network connected with cat-5E (only a little > more costly than cat-5 when I bought it, and it runs 100Mbps just fine > -- even over the 40 ft to my son's room. > > John Perry
If I remember correctly shielding is a two way thing, basically you are running a potential 40ft radio aerial in the latter case. If you have a lot of cables or have anything which is sensitive to radio emissions close by, Cat 6 starts making sense. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZ8rDasN0sSnLmgIRAnuYAJ9icYWPE6PNTCgUnUh9It+RtZBr+gCfRalU UD+EGY9vqOn2SHlaopuq1Ag= =AXv8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
