[187369] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Equipment Supporting 2.5gbps and 5gbps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Hill)
Thu Jan 28 08:05:47 2016
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From: Tom Hill <tom@ninjabadger.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:05:32 +0000
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On 28/01/16 09:44, Jérôme Nicolle wrote:
>
> Le 28/01/2016 01:51, Baldur Norddahl a écrit :
>> > Will we also get 2.5 Gbps fiber optics? SFP modules should support it?
> Why wouldn't you go straight to 10G ?
The 2.5/5G standards were born *entirely* on the rationale that someone
wanted to get more out of the existing Cat5/Cat5e installed in
buildings, so yes, you should go to 10G if you're on fibre. :)
--
Tom
