What do these mean??

[wickedy]

Sorry if I'm repeating a previously asked question - I did look before I posted - but what do the following mean???

EN, Fast EN - 10Base-T, 100Base-TX + 2x10/100/1000Base-T

Looking at network switches.

Thanks

wickedy = network noob

 

[bitslice]

EN, = ethernet (10 Mbit/s)
Fast EN = fast ethernet (100 Mbit/s)
10Base-T = 10 Mbit/s over twisted pair cable
100Base-TX = 100 Mbit/s over two-pair Cat5 or better cable
10/100/1000Base-T =1000 Mbit/s over four-pair Cat5 or better cable (port can run at 10 or 100 if required)

2x10/100/1000Base-T = Two ports of that spec, in a 24 port 10/100 switch they are used for uplinking to a core (faster) switch


The BASE is short for baseband. This means only one Ethernet signal is present on the send and/or receive pair
The T comes from twisted pair, which is the type of cable that is used.


For home use people normally look for 100Mbit/s ethernet or better.

hth

.

 

[wickedy]

Thanks bitslice.

This is for a work application and my switch of choice apears to have 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet over all ports - so does this mean that I get a super quick connection if i use the right cables?

 

[bitslice]

yep,
Cat5e is fine for 1000Mb/s


some places spec cat6 or cat5e STP,
depends on the site.

whether you use all the bandwidth availiable depends on your hardware

some switchs have better backbone bandwidth than others,
likewise some are easier to manage.

 

[bad_ass_neil]

also make sure your clients are running gigabit cards as well, other wise they will only output at the max speed what ever they are!

it wont matter that much, as when you upgrade they will more than likely be gigabit cards so they will then take advantage of the extra speed.