Cat 5E may work, but Cat 6 is recommended.  If you want to purchase
decent cables at a cheep price, I recommend ShowMeCables.com.  As for
hardware, I like Netgear, as it is inexpensive for what you get, but
much like Black and Decker before the parsed out DeWalt, you need to
read the fine print to make sure your getting what you really want.

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jon
M. Hanson
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:43 AM
To: david@damnetwork.net; Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Gigabit network hardware

David wrote:
> Well, the time has come.  I got my tax returns and now I must upgrade
my 
> home network.  Currently, I have 100Mb wired with a linksys wap54g for
our 
> laptops, etc.  I would like to upgrade to Gigabit for the wired and 
> possibly something better than my linksys for wireless.
>
> What are the recommendations for switches and NIC's?  Also, how can I
tell 
> if my current ethernet cables can hang with the new speeds?
>
> /am I showing my network hardware ignorance enough?  :)
> Thanks,
> David
>
>   
For gigabit ethernet you'll need Category 5E cables, Category 6 cables
will work as well. If you look on the cables themselves it will say what
they are (for example, "CAT 5E").


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