Comment on FTTH upgrade - getting my LAN multi gig ready
486@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Anyone have experience converting from 1G LAN to 2.5 or even 10?
Going from 1 G to 2.5 G is fairly cheap these days. You can almost certainly use the same cabling, even when you’ve got only Cat.5e cabling. While you can do 10 G over copper, I wouldn’t suggest doing that, since it consumes quite a lot of power compared to both 1 G and 2.5 G.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
To be pedantic, there is no 6e. Just 6A. I am looking at a spool labelled 6e as I type this, but that’s just a manufacturer thing, not an actual spec.
486@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oops, you are correct of course, 6A is what I meant, plain 6 should work fine also most of the time, but there is pretty much no point going for that, unless you have that deployed already.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Cat 6 should be fine for 10gbit, you only really need 6A if you’re running near power mains or something with a lot of noise.
Just don’t put Cat 5e in new installs and you’ll be fine.