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<blockquote data-quote="pwatts" data-source="post: 1162589" data-attributes="member: 146"><p>Of course with auto-negotiation the lowest link speed will be settled upon. But, several streamers nowadays are 1Gbps capable, sometimes purely by chance as it becomes more commonplace and sometimes because the streamer may have built-in storage and the higher speed may be useful for copying large volumes of media. In these cases it's advantageous to manually force either of the two to 100Mbps. Similarly, if using an 'audiophile' Switch between the streamer and source, forcing that link to 100Mbps as well (i.e. 100Mbps for both upstream and downstream ports used) also helps. Besides audiophile conjecture, this is proven by measurements.</p><p></p><p>All my comments on LAN cabling are for short patch lengths typically <5m. For >20m I'd advise fiber, the transmission power required and waveform distortion becomes too high, plus excessive amounts of common-mode interference. Of course it will work; 100m of rotting old CAT5 will also work, that's not the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pwatts, post: 1162589, member: 146"] Of course with auto-negotiation the lowest link speed will be settled upon. But, several streamers nowadays are 1Gbps capable, sometimes purely by chance as it becomes more commonplace and sometimes because the streamer may have built-in storage and the higher speed may be useful for copying large volumes of media. In these cases it's advantageous to manually force either of the two to 100Mbps. Similarly, if using an 'audiophile' Switch between the streamer and source, forcing that link to 100Mbps as well (i.e. 100Mbps for both upstream and downstream ports used) also helps. Besides audiophile conjecture, this is proven by measurements. All my comments on LAN cabling are for short patch lengths typically <5m. For >20m I'd advise fiber, the transmission power required and waveform distortion becomes too high, plus excessive amounts of common-mode interference. Of course it will work; 100m of rotting old CAT5 will also work, that's not the point. [/QUOTE]
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