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paulandreasen
Jul 01, 2022Aspirant
JUST looking for home networking advise
I have tried to upgrade my very old network at home, but keep running into thinks I know nothing about! I have called, (I think) every number Netgear publishes, and aside from repeatedly waiting hou...
schumaku
Jul 02, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Hello Paul, Welcome to the Netgear Community!
You already figured the decent Gigabit switch can handle up to Gigabit only. For operating 10 Gigabit, decent cabling is mandatory. Very different for MultiGig, 2.5 or 5 Gigabit, correct installed Cat5E installations perform well.
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