From ken at schneider.net Sat Apr 5 13:27:40 2008 From: ken at schneider.net (Ken Schneider) Date: Sat Apr 5 13:28:58 2008 Subject: [G5] Cables and Speed Message-ID: <20FED70A-38D9-432B-99FD-651CFB73571B@schneider.net> There is so much different advice about ethernet cables that I am confused. Some people say that to get gigabit speeds you need to use Cat6 cables. Some say Cat5e is OK and some say Cat5 is OK for short runs. I want to get the fastest speeds possible. My longest cable run is 25 feet. Do I need Cat6? If I need to get Cat6 cables I will since they will be fairly short. Also, how can I tell how fast my network is running? I've looked for applications that measure this but haven't found any. Is there any software that will tell me the speed of my data transfers? Thanks, -= Ken =- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20080405/a9c75168/attachment.html From eslerj at gmail.com Sat Apr 5 13:39:19 2008 From: eslerj at gmail.com (Joel Esler) Date: Sat Apr 5 13:40:59 2008 Subject: [G5] Cables and Speed In-Reply-To: <20FED70A-38D9-432B-99FD-651CFB73571B@schneider.net> References: <20FED70A-38D9-432B-99FD-651CFB73571B@schneider.net> Message-ID: Buy the fastest you can get that supports gig. Make sure whatever you are connecting your g5 to is gig capable. -- Joel Esler Sent from the iRoad. On Apr 5, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Ken Schneider wrote: > There is so much different advice about ethernet cables that I am > confused. Some people say that to get gigabit speeds you need to use > Cat6 cables. Some say Cat5e is OK and some say Cat5 is OK for short > runs. I want to get the fastest speeds possible. My longest cable > run is 25 feet. Do I need Cat6? If I need to get Cat6 cables I will > since they will be fairly short. > > Also, how can I tell how fast my network is running? I've looked for > applications that measure this but haven't found any. Is there any > software that will tell me the speed of my data transfers? > > Thanks, > > -= Ken =- > > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20080405/fb2d3818/attachment.html From qwas99 at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 5 13:54:55 2008 From: qwas99 at bellsouth.net (Steve Adams) Date: Sat Apr 5 13:55:17 2008 Subject: [G5] Cables and Speed In-Reply-To: <20FED70A-38D9-432B-99FD-651CFB73571B@schneider.net> References: <20FED70A-38D9-432B-99FD-651CFB73571B@schneider.net> Message-ID: <037657BF-5339-4170-9FB1-3EC56D983384@bellsouth.net> Cat5 cables are designed for 100 Megbits/sec. If someone took the time to put the connectors on correctly and used a high quality cat5 cable, it could do 1000 Megbits/sec but no guarantee. If you have some Cat5 cables lying around, you could try them and see what happens. It won't blow anything up. Worse case, the computers just won't communicate. A cat6 cable is designed to do 1000 Megbits/sec or Gigabit. With a cat6 cable, you will have no problems. It's your choice if you want to spend money on a high quality Cat6 cable, or try cables sitting around for nothing. You can use Activity Monitor (in the utilities folder) to check your network transfer rates. Steve Adams On Apr 5, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Ken Schneider wrote: > There is so much different advice about ethernet cables that I am > confused. Some people say that to get gigabit speeds you need to use > Cat6 cables. Some say Cat5e is OK and some say Cat5 is OK for short > runs. I want to get the fastest speeds possible. My longest cable > run is 25 feet. Do I need Cat6? If I need to get Cat6 cables I will > since they will be fairly short. > > Also, how can I tell how fast my network is running? I've looked for > applications that measure this but haven't found any. Is there any > software that will tell me the speed of my data transfers? > > Thanks, > > -= Ken =- > > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20080405/71c2e811/attachment.html