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| fallacy:
A switch just ties together multiple cat 5 cables together. Most of these wi-fi routers you can buy probably have 4 or 5 switch ports in back you could just run your cable through the wall to your router /cable modem closet. I also agree it will 95% chance it will just be a waste of your time running cable. You will probably end up selling your house before you ever use it not to mention wi-fie can cover all just as well. I get some people just enjoy wasting their time on projects like this so as long as you enjoy it. |
| Osirus23:
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| Typefighter01:
Everything I needed to know. Thanks all for your help. :cheers: |
| Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Osirus23 on January 05, 2021, 05:26:09 pm --- --- Quote from: Zebidee on January 05, 2021, 07:01:09 am ---CAT 5e is 100mbps rated you need CAT6 and sore fingers for 1000mbps --- End quote --- Might not be rated but I use gigabit over Cat 5e in my house just fine. It would be downright foolish to use it for new installation though. --- End quote --- That's great news when it happens. However, when I bought a new tp-link gigabit switch to upgrade my network, couldn't get gigabit over my 5e cables. Had to upgrade to CAT6. Trouble is I still have a big box of 5e cable in my shed that is basically useless now, unless I want to use to to wire control panels (for which it is actually fairly effective). |
| JDFan:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 05, 2021, 07:01:09 am ---CAT 5e is 100mbps rated you need CAT6 and sore fingers for 1000mbps --- End quote --- Cat5 is 100 -- Cat5e is gb ! --- Quote ---Category 5e (CAT5e) cable, also known as Enhanced Category 5, is designed to support full-duplex Fast Ethernet operation and Gigabit Ethernet. --- End quote --- Category Standard Bandwidth Max Data Rate Shielding Cat5e 100MHz (up to 350) 1000Mbps UTP or STP Cat6 250MHz (up to 550) 1000Mbps UTP or STP Cat6A 500MHz (up to 550) 10Gbps UTP or STP Cat7 600MHz 10Gbps Shielded only Cat8 2000MHz 25Gbps or 40Gbps Shielded only Source : http://www.cablek.com/technical-reference/cat-5---5e--6--6a---7--8-standards Cat 6 is 10GB ! |
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