Overbuild and do not ever worry about being under-prepared. If it were me ding new cabling I would go with the max spec I could find also.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony J. Gundrum > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for smallnetwork gigabitrouter > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > Number 12 seems to get to the point. > > 12. Just tell me what cable I need... > If you need patch cords up to 25 feet, use CAT-5e stranded cable > for ease of > flexibility. > If you are making linger runs or going through walls or ceilings, I'd go > ahead and use the CAT-6 UTP (solid) cables - if that seems a bit > expensive, > then go with the CAT-5e UTP. > > In my case I should be using CAT-6 since I have cabling going > through walls > and floors over lengths of 25 feet. I know at work we've had issues with > reps using CAT-5e with their gigabit laptop connections. Once a CAT-6 or > CAT-7 cable was put in all the issues went away. > > John G. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Gil Hale > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 13:35 > To: profox@leafe.com > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for small network gigabitrouter > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > That's my problem. You need to upgrade the cabling to at least CAT6. > > Nope, just Cat53. Look at the other eMail I sent to ProFox on that, or go > to: > > > http://www.connectworld.net/syscon/support.htm > > Gil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony J. Gundrum > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for small network gigabitrouter > > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > > > > That's my problem. You need to upgrade the cabling to at least > CAT6. My > > reason for purchasing it was to replace a defunct router and > there was no > > reason not to get the DIR-655. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Michael Madigan > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:14 > > To: ProFox Email List > > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for small network gigabit router > > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > > Can you use existing CAT 5 cabling or do you have to upgrade to CAT 6? > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 9/13/08, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for small network gigabit router > > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > To: profox@leafe.com > > > Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 12:06 PM > > > I am interested to hear what you find. I have been running > > > some really > > > slick 100vg equipment (totally collision free packet > > > transfer), but may need > > > to migrate to gigabit next year. > > > > > > Gil > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > > Malcolm Greene > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:02 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [NF] Looking for small network gigabit > > > router > > > > recommendation(CLARIFIED) > > > > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > I've continued researching the highly recommended > > > D-Link DIR 655 (about > > > > $100 US). > > > > > > > > My initial concern that this product might have > > > problems with 64-bit > > > > OS's (based on comments in NewEgg/Amazon reviews) > > > seems to have been > > > > false based on my continued research. > > > > > > > > I'm going to give this product a try - I'll > > > post back if I run into any > > > > problems. > > > > > > > > Thanks for everyone's help! > > > > > > > > Malcolm > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
