We use both 250mhz and 550mhz. I have not noticed a difference, the 250mhz CAT6 performs well @ gigabit speeds. On 8/14/06, Chris Mauritz <chrism at imntv.com> wrote: > > Karl Balsmeier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In populating our racks with several gigbit switches > > over the next few days, i'm wondering this: > > > > Is it over-engineering to seek out 550mhz rated cables > > over the typical Cat 6 250mhz rated cables? > > > > I've been advised (if you can a salesperson's words > > advice, heh.) that 250mhz is enough to handle traffic > > up to 10GB's. > > > > Should I just be happy with Cat6 for my GB switches or > > is is worth getting more into the details and seeking > > 550mhz-rated cable? > > > > Just curious what your experience is in migrating away > > from the typical 10/100 cables of yore to the spiffier > > world of gb rated traffic. > > > > > > For what it's worth, I've been using cat6 without incident (at least no > incident that I'm aware of...). > > Cheers, > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Thx Joshua Gimer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060814/43ce804a/attachment-0005.html>