On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 02:54:37AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > We don't need more that 1Gbit now. That might change in the lifetime > of your house. But the wires are the hard part to upgrade -- switches > are easy. My 5-year-old wiring is CAT 6e -- we'll see how far it can > actually be pushed.
CAT 5e can handle 10GbaseT for runs up to 30m as far as I remember. > I am not sure that 2.5G is enough of a step to cause me to turn > everything over. I am buying 2.5Gbit things when there is little > price premium. So far, that amounts to: > > - 1.5Gbit down FTTH from Bell [some folks get 3G, I think: oops on the > 2.5Gbit step] Rogers offers 2.5Gbit fiber in some places. > - four 2.5Gbit ports on my recent little-PCs-that are routers (not yet > deployed) Yeah I am considering picking up one of those. > And that's it. > > I might buy 2.5Gbit switches some day. Currently you can get 8-port dumb > ones on AliExpress for US$140-ish. That isn't yet worth it to me. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
