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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (6 children)

Cat5? Not even Cat5e? You sure the problem isn't just that their connection is 10Mbps or worse and we sites aren't just taking a couple minutes to load?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, e. Just didn't bother with the variance. Though, could even be Cat6 for all I know, never looked.

    Almost just said Cat but figured that may confuse people. Our engineers keeping the network purring like a kitty.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Well if they're only getting 10Mbps over Cat5 then the cable's busted, since normally they're rated for 2.5GbE.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Nope, Cat5 was nominally rated for 100 MHz, but was superseded by Cat5e for greater reliability at such speeds

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The Category 5e specification improves upon the Category 5 specification by further mitigating crosstalk. The bandwidth (100 MHz) and physical construction are the same between the two, and most Cat 5 cables actually happen to meet Cat 5e specifications even though they are not certified as such.

    I did kinda mean it as a joke originally, but yeah 5/5e are the same outside of crosstalk resistance.

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