A small law firm is expanding its office to a second floor in the same building. The network administrator has been asked to connect the switches on both floors to enhance communication and data sharing capabilities. Given the need for high network throughput and reliability between the two floors, which type of cable should the network administrator install?
When connecting switches within a building for high network throughput and reliability, the recommended cable is Category 6 (Cat6), which supports speeds up to 10 Gbps and frequencies up to 250 MHz. Category 5e (Cat5e) cable, while popular, is better suited for lower throughput requirements, supporting speeds up to 1 Gbps and frequencies up to 100 MHz. Twisted-pair telephone wire and coaxial cable are not suitable choices for connecting switches, as they do not meet the high-speed data transmission requirements of modern ethernet networks.
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