So my new motherboard came with a built-in gigabit lan port, and I'm in the market for a new router (my current one apparently doesn't work too well with some VPN protocols...). I thought I would like to look into upgrading my home network to all gigabit at the same time.
I'm having trouble getting started though. First off, can anyone recommend some consumer level gigabit routers for me? Ones with somewhere between 4 and 8 ports. I'm having trouble finding too many places that sell them, not to mention reviews of the few that exist.
I'll also want to get gigabit network adapters for my Linux box and my laptop. Anyone have experience getting a PCI gigabit card working under linux and/or a PCMCIA gigabit card for WinXP?
As far as cables go, what type will I need for a gigabit network? I assume I can't use the same cat5s I have anymore, right?
Finally, are there any compatibility issues I should be aware of with using 100MPS equipment (cards and cables) on this network, or will they work just as well on a gigabit router?
Hopefully that's not too many questions at once.
