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To: jw who wrote (7994)	7/3/1999 9:32:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) of 14778

JW, the "other experts" are unlikely to add a lot to your excellent summary of the situation. I don't see anything to disagree with and only a very little to add. I would definitely go with 100mb, though RIGHT NOW you'd have trouble seeing a lot of difference from 10mb except in direct disk-to-disk copies over the network. The trouble with 10 mb is that virtually everything is on the verge of exceeding it, even though it hasn't quite happened yet. Why wire up fresh with a legacy technology? In fact, PCI to PCI, why even think about 10 mb? The only reason not to use a crossover cable is expandability, and what the heck, you can always expand at the time you expand. Prices aren't likely to go up, and there's always gigahertz ethernet coming <g>. One exception would be distance. Another exception is DON'T pull a crossover cable through a wall. If there's in-house wiring to do, wire for a hub with the highest grade cable (currently Category 5 unless the ante's been upped while my back was turned). You can always plug in a crossover cable where the hub would go. Spots

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