On 5/5/07, David <
daz@damnetwork.net> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
I recently upgraded at home too. The NIC I got for the Linux Boxen was a
Hawking HGA32T. The drivers are included in the kernel nowadays. My Mac
(or should I say Debian PPC) already had a gigabit card embedded. I also
got a cheap D-Link DGS-105 Switch. They are working fine. Checkout this
link on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet
It says you can run Gigabit speeds on cat5. You may be able to get away
with this in a home office, but I wouldn't risk it in the real world. YMMV
though.
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