[windows2000] Re: Gigabit over copper

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Greg Reese wrote:

| My understanding is that the cabling in my building needs to be Cat5E
| instead of just plain Cat5 for gigabit Ethernet.

I would actually recommend Cat6 if at all possible.

| What happens is the cabling is the plain cat5 and I plug a gigabit nic
| to the gigabit switch?  Does it just run at 100bT or does it not run at
| all? Somewhere in between?

It will run like 100bT would on Cat3.  Basically you may get some
increased performance, but it will be way below the potential.

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Chris Berry
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Systems Administrator
JM Associates & Coast Business Service

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