Re: Gigahertz Network - Cat 5e or Cat 6 better?
- From: "Twayne" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:50:04 -0400
1. Research it using search engines.
2. You don't mention what it's going to be used for. Simple 10/100
NICs? You might not even need to do anything; use what's there for now.
Yes, if you have 10/100/1000 NICs 6 is better and quite a bit more
expensive. Don't you expect wireless to come of age and negate the wire
questions anyway?
3. Wireless is best IMO; no cables at all except at setup time to get
some things organized well.
Using latest Windows XP Pro SP3 with all latest updates...
If there is a better forum for this question, please advise.
For my home network, I have 3 computers peer to peer networked via
Gigahertz speed and everthing works fine at that speed. All current
cable is Cat 5e most running short distances, but some running long
distances (i.e. 100 feet).
I went to buy a new ethernet cable, and the boxes of the Cat 5e
cables said for a 10/100 network, where as the boxes of the Cat 6
cable said 10/100/1000. I found this confusing and contrary to my
understanding...therein lies the question.
Well, 1,000 mbps is faster than 100 mbps; right? It depends in the NIC
(Network Interface card).
These questions are basic enough I'd recommend you do more research.
You need it in order to understand it fully, but you have enough right
there to make a decision; are you putting the cable in for YOU or for
posterity? Personally, I'd opt to go wireless in your situation; it
wouldn't cost as much different than a roll of 6 wire, in fact.
What is the difference between the two (cat 5e and cat6)? Can you
use Cat 5e for a gigahertz network (I am doing that currently) or
would you get better performance with a Cat 6 cable?
If you really mean GHz, then cat6. 1,000 MHz = 1 GHz, right? Or is
gigahertz simply a name somewhere in the system? Questions only you can
answer.
Thanks!
Bob
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