Gigabit ethernet??

[joepc]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but does anyone know if you need cat 6 cable to get gigabit ethernet speeds? Can I use Cat5e?

 

[IPKONFIG]

Cat 5 E will support Gig, but only for very short distances. Like 30 feet or something like that.....

"I can picture a world without war. A world without hate. A world without fear. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

 

[joepc]

Do you think that I could get maybe 500-300 mbps at 100 ft away?

 

[IPKONFIG]

Not a chance. Move that connection to fiber.

"I can picture a world without war. A world without hate. A world without fear. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

 

[joepc]

How about just getting cat6 wire?

 

[IPKONFIG]

The problem is you have various types of cat 6 cable. It ranges from 200Mhz to 550Mhz versions. Each for specific implementations. I've read that you can take the lower 200Mhz Cat 6 and run it up to 295' maximum. What data rates will you get on 200Mhz Cat6? Don't know. If you want to know for sure you should try contacting a cable manufacturer. They will get you what you need. I'd try BELKIN, AMP, MOHAWK, PANDUIT...any of those could tell you more about Cat6. Hope this helps.

"I can picture a world without war. A world without hate. A world without fear. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."
- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

 

[JamesLiakos]

I am using our old CAT5E cabling in our DC (Data Centre) and running gig links from/to our 6513's to/from the 2950T's that are located in each rack... (6513 is our Core and 2950T's are where the Servers connet into).
No problems here and lengths are like ~30mtrs....

 

[MJewell]

I've been running Gigabit at almost 60m on 5e without any problems....

-Mike

 

[IllegalOperation]

They do make CAT5E cable that is rated for gigabit ethernet. I remember with my last job making sure that our cables had gigabit capability - and they did. I was told the distance limitation was around the same as if it was fast ethernet (328ish feet).....

 

[AdmanOK]

CAT5e has sufficient bandwidth to handle gigabit ethernet speeds. The distance limits are going to be the same as with 100mb ethernet... 100m for the entire run, including patch cables.