> I am thinking of mounting a secondary switch(s) in the new building, > with an uplink to the existing network, however, what sort of uplink > should it be:
Yes, this would be the most appropriate - I wouldn't be running 15 cat5 cables out to the new building!! > 1. Is it worth putting fibre in? > 2. What does it take to make a gigabit network instead of > 100Mbit? 3. Any other suggestions? Fibre (correct me if I'm wrong anyone!!) wont give you better speeds as such - unless of course your comparing gigabit fibre to 10/100 copper. The main use for fibre is for distance communications. You see cat5 can only go approx 100m (probably less) without losing the signal completely... Where as fibre can reach far greater distances (I wont try give an estimate) but its way more than copper. So depending on how far this building is away from the other, and the cable run, will determine the sort of link you should get. Don't ask me about a gigabit uplink :) Cheers, Adam W. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
