On Friday 29 August 2008 18:10:57 Billy Crook wrote: > > Cat5e works for gigabit, and the next step (10gbit) requires Cat7. > > NOT CORRECT. 10GbE (presuming you're not using fiber, or CX-4 > (infiniband cables which look nothing like Ethernet) works 55m with > most equipment over Cat 6, and 100m over Cat 6a. Interesting, I didn't know that.