Cat5e at standard maximum distances (e.g. 100 meters) is rated by the manufacturers for somewhere between 300-400 mbps maximum throughput; hence, the development of Cat6. > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:13:33 -0500, Keith Bachman <kcbnac at gmail.com> > wrote: >> I do believe it's rated for Gigabit though, as well as CAT5e, if I >> recall correctly. >> > > Yes, Cat5e can do gigabit, but I think the distance you can run it on > is quite a bit less than Cat6. That said, we used to have several > switches and servers on 6' Cat5e patch cables, that ran at GB speed > just fine. > > Cat6 was about 2x the price of Cat5e the last time I looked, but it > shouldn't be too expensive to wire a house, unless you are on a really > tight budget. > > -- > Dave Sherman > MCSA, MCSE, CCNA > [Insert witty .sig here.] > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list