>From the reports I've read, you can do gigabit on cat5, but there is a tendency to drop a lot of packets that way. When I set up my gigabit network, I used cat6, but I have never tested to verify the packet loss on cat5. Other than that, cat5 and cat6 work exactly the same, use the same plugs, etc.
When I set up that gigabit network, I accidentally got plugs that did not have the little grooves that help guide the individual wires in place. It was an absolute nightmare getting them to work, and in the end I went to a local hardware store and purchased better plugs at some crazy price. I'll never make that mistake again! Douglass Clem crashsystems.net Public Key: http://crashsystems.net/pubkey.asc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
