<div dir="ltr">Use ethtool <interface name> to discover the speeds.<div><br></div><div style>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 style><br></div><div style>Dan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">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>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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 class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Adrian</div></font></span></div>
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