Make a gigabit cable?

[shrubble]

Can anyone point me to a good article demonstrating how to rewire a CAT 5e cable to work with gigabit ethernet?

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[bcastner]

Gigabit ethernet can now utilize Cat5 or better twisted pair cabling and the same RJ-45 connectors that are used in 10/100Mbps networks. To achieve gigabit speeds, you must use ethernet cable with all 8 wires (four pairs) present. Many inexpensive cat5 Ethernet cables have only 4 wires and can not reach gigabit speeds.

 

[shrubble]

bcastner-

The cable I have to work with is a cat5e with 8 wires; what now?

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[franklin97355]

Plug it in.

 

[bcastner]

I use 568A, but see:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/3929

If you have all 8 conductors terminated, there should not be an issue with Cat5.