Re: cat 6 termination ?
John Kristoff <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 06:43:40PM -0700, Politik Durden wrote: > This client is a non profit so they are no where close to using fancy test gear to spec out their runs. The vast majority of their backbone is cat5 and they're still using some of the cat 3 runs I did when I worked there in the late 90s. So even if these new runs are true cat6, I think the performance gains would be minimal. I suppose that bit of info would have made a lot of this discussion moot, but everyone made some excellent points and gave me some good info for future use. > If the incremental cost to install new cat6 is not significantly higher than installing new cat5, which I can't imagine it is, its generally a good idea to go with the higher quality cable install since they should last your years and years. The cost of the cable should be negligible next to the cost of the install. Plus you get the benefits of having better headroom if you ever run into shoddy components and installs. John _______________________________________________ DLC mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.depaul.edu/mailman/listinfo/dlc Use the Above Link to Unsubcribe!! http://linux.depaul.edu/