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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
I've seen a lot of people touting 100mbps routers at our local market - and they're not wrong. They do create a 100mbps ethernet, it just doesn't connect to the internet at 100mbps 
Unfortunately a lot of people get the two mixed up
. Having a wireless network doesn't mean you connect to the internet at 54Mbit either.
100Mbit doesn't require special cabling, it's been around for a long time, AFAIK even 1Gbit takes Cat 5 well. Not sure tho, my switch is still 100Mbit.
EDIT: Wikipedia says Cat 5
may be unsuitable for Gbit, but Cat 5e does work.
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