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1000 Base-T connection

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by peri

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I have a switch which support 1000 base-t and cat 5 cable with correct cable configuration to run gigabit.I would like to know do I need a special NIC to support 1000 base-t because my existing card is currently 10/100mbps.

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by berningf

Your NIC will operate; however, it will only run at 100mbps. You will simply need to buy a Gig card (NIC).

Fredrick, CCNA

by smarkow

You will definitely need to buy a gigabit NIC to take advantage of 1000BT. There's not really any reason to do this on most machines...just between servers that transfer a lot of data.

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