<div dir="ltr"><div>I always run Gb anymore. Thanks to good ol' hedonistic adaptation anything slower than that feels sooooo sllloooooow. It's definitely worth the money, IMHO, at least in places where you are moving large volumes of data often. Even if you can't afford a switch large enough to do everything, it's worth getting a smaller switch to connect the largest users and then daisy-chain that onto a 100Mb one. FWIW, I've had good luck with SMC and Netgear Prosafe switches in the size you're talking about.<br>
<br></div>As far as the 5e requirement on cables, it's not quite so simple. Anything rated 5e is guranteed (assuming it was installed right) to run Gb speeds. Normal cat 5 can, and often does, run Gb just fine. Especially if your non-5e cables are short, you will likely be fine. I wouldn't worry about replacing something unless you see a problem, or your cables are already wanting replacement for some reason.<br>
<div><br>QH<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Dan Kulinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@kulinski.net" target="_blank">daniel@kulinski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Use ethtool <interface name> to discover the speeds.<div><br></div><div>Cat5E is the required cable to run gigabit speeds. If you don't have the cables, Monoprice is a very cheap place to purchase what you need. I was transfering a set of game files from my PC to my son's PC and we hit 45MB/sec. If he had a more modern PC with an SSD it would have been even faster.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Dan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Adrian Nagle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anagle@naglenet.org" target="_blank">anagle@naglenet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>What are my chances of actually getting gigabit speeds? How to I check if my network cards are compatible? It is essential to have cat5e cables?<div>
<br></div><div>I had to replace a network switch in my family room and only now realized gigabit switches are common. Now I'm deciding if I should replace my main network switch at my server to gigabit. I need to get at least 8 ports which is starting to get expensive for me.<div>
<br></div><div>My computers are two years old, except my server is a decade old. I had my house wired for ethernet last year. House cables are stamped with cat5e. But my random cables between equipment and switches are not cat5e.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I do occasionally transfer some large encrypted containers and camera picture and video files between my computers and server (not a big deal though).</div><div><br></div></div><div>
Thanks!</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>Adrian</div></font></span></div>
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