[TriLUG] OT Networking in New House

[David Burton via TriLUG]

Cat5e is rated for gigabit ethernet at 100 meters. Assuming that the cable
runs in your house are a lot shorter than that, you can probably get by
with plain Cat5, with no problems.

Dave


On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:51 PM Keith Woodie via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I have purchased a home built in 2000, which has a significant amount of
> standard CAT5 (not 5e) run to various rooms of the house.  Is it worth it
> for me to spend the effort to re-wire these for LAN?  I know the best I can
> get is 10/100 speeds, which I am doubting in today’s world is worth it.   I
> value the opinions here, so I am curious your thoughts.
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