[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by BLuRRYM3

Dude you can have it. You win. I'm counting in binary you in decimal. I guess the world is going to accept it as decimal.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit
In binary, the next bit placeholder after 512 is 1024. (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024) so in binary: 1 KB = 1024 bits, 1 MB = 1024 KB, 1 GB = 1024 MB

Sorry for the OP. But bottom line, I think everyone can agree that you're good with cat 5e.

Since you went to Wikipedia...your source not mine....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet

"History[edit]
Ethernet was the result of the research done at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s. Ethernet later evolved into a widely implemented physical and link layer protocol. Fast Ethernet increased speed from 10 to 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s). Gigabit Ethernet was the next iteration, increasing the speed to 1000 Mbit/s."

"IEEE 802.3ab, ratified in 1999, defines Gigabit Ethernet transmission over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) category 5, 5e, or 6 cabling and became known as 1000BASE-T. With the ratification of 802.3ab, Gigabit Ethernet became a desktop technology as organizations could use their existing copper cabling infrastructure."

So I don't see anywhere, that it states 1 Gbps being equal to 1024 Mbps. And your source also clearly states Category 5e as appropriate for Gigabit transmission.

It's not about winning or losing. It's about what's right or wrong. You can throw all the binary math up you want to try to save face and divert people's attention. You're still wrong. You're the only one who looks at the math your way concerning Mbps to Gbps. Just because the Mega is being converted to Giga doesn't mean there's a bit to byte conversion.

Again, your source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

I suggest you review your math skills about what prefixes mean and how they affect the decimal point.

ETA:

In the networking world, data transmission speeds have always been quantified in bits. Never bytes. The only time bytes are used in network discussions is over frame and packet sizes.

Here's also a little food for thought for anyone interested. With the advent of Gigabit Ethernet, there was the wide spread adoption of a feature which allowed more data to be pushed through Gigabit and above Ethernet networks. This features is called jumbo frames. The standard Ethernet frame size is 1500 bytes. By increasing the standard Ethernet frame size above 1500 bytes, network administrators can push more data through per frame transmission thus increasing the overall rate of data transmission and efficiency of their networks. Ethernet jumbo frames have been typically set at either 9000 or 9216 bytes with some switches supporting as high as 12000bytes. The use of jumbo frames can be found in network implementations such as iSCSI.

And one last thing. Here's my source for 1 Gigabit Ethernet being equal to 1000 Mbps:

http://people.ee.duke.edu/~mbrooke/E...files/8023.pdf

It's the IEEE. The people that set the standards for Ethernet protocols. Go to Section Three in that document.