Networkin help

[Jdcrys_Shinkuu]

wow n i thought u just buy some rj45 cables n a switch n voila!!! thanx for the in depth info guys...

The Mind....a playground for geniuses...                    

[Shadow_Hitokiri]

guys i need help with a sustem link for the xbox so wat other than the normal system link could i use                      

[unimatrix001]

hitokiri boi... doh worry yuh head bout de link...ent ah tell yuh ready dat we goin an hook dem xbox up to de hub if we hav more dan 2 runnin?

in any case, who would like to donate to the CIC TD-Lab Switch fund? we are in dire need of $550 in order to run games nicely...rite now we on some chupidee 18 port hub and experience many crashes...we intend to invest in a nice 32 port switch with that $550 to make our [illicit] gaming experience better...                    

[coldstorm]

Do u accept gold ?                    

[SPK]

lol.... CIC have enuff already for a school lab...

If u all want that, put up allyuh own damn money!                    

[unimatrix001]

spk boi spake fuh yuhself...if yuh set foot in de computer lab...de computers is crap... de TD lab has de best computers and de computer lab stull runnin on dem 7 year ole 300Mhz P2 Dells that doh even have a floppy drive any more... even de network connection slow and outdated at 10Mbps... all de "NEW" computers in de computer lab break down except for 4, an dem ready to conk out...

buh coldstorm, yes we accepting real gold...                    

[ecktt]

I've used cat5e for gigabit. It worked but then again the cables were no more than 6m lon and plug directly into the switch. The machine was running a dual port NIC in a team config. for laod balancing and fail over.