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> > You can use fiber for giga ethernet. I don't know why you'd want to but
> > you can.
>
> Distance. The signal loss over copper is far less than fiber optic. Also,
> you can sniff transmissions in copper, you can't in fiber optic. By
> sniff, I mean you can sense changes in the magnetic fields around a cable
> when you transmit data through it (or there's any sort of signal).
Did you mean signal loss in fiber optic is far less than in copper? (Just
guessing, I'm not an expert in fiber optics by any means.) If so then that
explanation makes a lot of sense. Should I assume it'd be possible to mix
a network between copper and fiber just by adding the right switches?
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