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IIUC, the 2.5Gbase-t will work w cat5e cables, which is the highest signalling (or lowest cable spec) to fulfill building out a network. If you’re stuck w or ot
by bch 7y ago
IIUC, the 2.5Gbase-t will work w cat5e cables, which is the highest signalling (or lowest cable spec) to fulfill building out a network. If you’re stuck w or otherwise committed to Cat5e, 10GbE isn’t an option. I guess it’d be a case-by-case decision whether that’s a blocking consideration...
- xenadu02 7y agoIn practice a lot of Cat5e cabling can support 10Gbe up to ~40m. I guess the standards folks are hoping future equipment just supports 2.5Gb, 5Gb, and 10Gb then auto-detects the link quality and scales to whatever the cabling can support.