Gigabit Ethernet

Shakey_Jake33 · 9 Oct 2006 at 09:21

My mobo (P5W DH Deluxe) has dual Gigabit Ethernet output. Am interested in getting a Gigabit connection to my other machine.... I know my router is only 10/100Mbit wired, so how would I get a Gigabit connection from one PC to another? All my crossover cables are 10/100, are there special Gigabit crossover cables?

xija06 · 9 Oct 2006 at 09:28

Use a CAT6 crossover cable, they are 10/100/1000.

Shakey_Jake33 · 9 Oct 2006 at 09:37

Brill, cheers.

xija06 · 9 Oct 2006 at 13:44

If your network cards support auto-MDX you can just use a standard CAT5E/CAT6 cable (non-crossover)

Ricochet J · 9 Oct 2006 at 17:09

Now i'm going to have to pause you there xija06. I believe you can attain Gigaspeeds from regular Cat5e cable.

Shakey_Jake33 as for your router being 10/100, all you need to do to convert this to Gigabit speeds is add a Gigabit switch serving all computers in your network like so:

Router - > Gigabit Switch - > Gigabit enabled computers

Avalon · 9 Oct 2006 at 17:12

Agreed cat5 will more than likley work at gigabit speeds. A 5 port Gigabit switch (that support jumbo frames) is getting quite cheap now.