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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground
cat5 won't let the NIC run at 1Gbps. Found this out myself when I got a gigabit switch the other day, only to find out the hard wired network in the house is cat5 and not cat5e  So I can never have 1Gbps unless I upgrade the wiring and I wasted £30 on a gigabit switch... |
Mine defo is Cat5. Not Cat5 Enhanced, maybe it has to do with the short cable length?