> > I believe the only way you could fully take advantage of
> cat5e/cat6 with
> > today's technology, would be gigabit over copper... But
> then, I may be out
> > of touch-- I haven't researched it for about a year or so now...
> A year? Man, you are sooo-2003!!! <s>
Yeah-- I suck. But hardware today sux. Everything's getting cheaper and shoddier... :(
> Seriously, I'm pretty sure I need a new card in my server and
> a new hub, and
> then any boxes connected to the new wire would need
> Cat-6-capable cards as well.
>
> But I don't know what cards/hubs are req'd? Gigabit cards?
> I'd expect that my
> old cards and wire will still work with gigabit hardware, eh?
You'll need Gigabit cards and a gigabit switch if you want to achieve gigabit speeds. The good thing about it, is Gigabit ports usually switch down to 10/100 just as well, so you can just update the machines you need to go faster.
--
Derek
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