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| Thread ID: 90993 | 2008-06-22 22:22:00 | Gigabit-to-Gigabit - Normal Cat5e should be all right? | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 681190 | 2008-06-22 22:22:00 | Dear all, I know that for crossover networking, you need a crossover cable. However, in situation where the networking involves linking between two gigabit ethernet ports, a normal Cat cable should do the trick right? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 681191 | 2008-06-22 22:25:00 | I think if its CAT6 you dont need a crossover cable | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 681192 | 2008-06-22 22:35:00 | On checking the Cat cable that I am using, it has the printing of both "Cat5e" and "Patch Cable" (the laptop is connected directly to the wall socket). Surely both normal and crossover capabilites cannot exist at the same time for a Cat5e cable? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 681193 | 2008-06-22 22:38:00 | Many network cards are now "autosensing" and will automatically kick into crossover mode if you're not using a crossover cable. Cat5e should be sufficient for gigabit - the only difference between CAT5e and CAT6 cable is the thickness of the copper wire. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 681194 | 2008-06-22 22:40:00 | Many network cards are now "autosensing" and will automatically kick into crossover mode if you're not using a crossover cable. Yup, this is the exact feature that I had in mind for Gigabit NICs. Ta. :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 681195 | 2008-06-22 23:02:00 | ...the only difference between CAT5e and CAT6 cable is the thickness of the copper wire. And the minimum twist density. Jamus, plain old cat5 is just fine for gigabit. If your cards don't autosense, then just cut the plug off one end and re-wire it as a crossover. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 681196 | 2008-06-22 23:04:00 | Well connect it, see what happens It'll either work, or it wont. Then you'll know |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 681197 | 2008-06-22 23:34:00 | Well connect it, see what happens It'll either work, or it wont. Then you'll know I don't wish to find out via the hard way though, but oh well :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 681198 | 2008-06-22 23:41:00 | Whats hard about it? Just plug both ends in. And configure both Must be the time of the year or month or something |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 681199 | 2008-06-22 23:49:00 | No such thing as a 1Gb crossover cable, they dont make them because ALL Gb ports are autosensing....and neither are GB ports uplink ports. | SolMiester (139) | ||
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