On 2023-03-03 02:54, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
We don't need more that 1Gbit now. That might change in the lifetime of your house. But the wires are the hard part to upgrade -- switches are easy. My 5-year-old wiring is CAT 6e -- we'll see how far it can actually be pushed.
Gb Ethernet was designed for plain CAT5, before 5e was even available. I have 25 YO CAT5 here that's running Gb. This cable was actually installed by Rogers, when I first got a cable modem. (anyone remember Rogers @home?). They had to run the coax to my "office" at the other end of my condo from where the cable came in. While they were doing that, I had them pull in a couple of runs of CAT5, which I provided. They fished it up the wall, along side air ducts, over my bedroom closet & bathroom, across my laundry room ceiling, down the wall behind my water heater and through the wall into my office closet.
I am not sure that 2.5G is enough of a step to cause me to turn everything over
2.5 and 5 Gb were created because 10 Gb was too much of a jump from 1 Gb.