Using ethernet at gigabit speed

Hi All,
I'm awaiting delivery of a Mac Pro 3.0 dual GHz machine. I would like to have this communicate with my Power Mac G5 dual 2.5 GHz machine using gigabit ethernet, and would also like to be able to connect to the Internet from either machine. I have DSL service. Right now my DSL modem feeds into my old Farallon ethernet hub, and TCP/IP addresses are automatically assigned. I also have a couple of ethernet printers, an old G3 Mac, and a non-gigabit-capable PC, all of which I want to keep hooked up (about 8 ethernet ports should do it). So here are my questions:
1. Do I need an 8-port gigabit ethernet ROUTER, or will a gigabit ethernet switch do? If I get the latter, will I have to assign TCP/IP addresses manually, or will the DSL modem do that for me?
2. Must I use CAT 6 cables to accomplish this?
3. I'd also like the older computers (the G3 and PC) to be able to access the Internet. Will routing them through the same switch or router as the G5 and Mac Pro slow everything down?
Thanks,
Peter
Power Mac G5 and Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Some DSL modems include a Dymanic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server and some do not. If your modem includes a DHCP you need only purchase a switch. If your modem does not have a DHCP you will need to purchase a router. You may not operate with multiple DHCP's on the same network. If you purcahse a router and your modem has a DHCP you must dissable one of them.
I am not sure that category 6 cable is an absolute necessity. If wiring distances are short and the connectors are well made, 1gb/s may work over cat 5e. Of course the connection from the switch/router to the modem and the Internet will be limited by the modem connection, probably 100mb/s, but your LAN devices with 1gb/s connections will be able to talk to each other at 1gb/s.
1gb/s is downward compatible with 10mb/s and 100mb/s

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Message was edited by: Bruno Luescher
Message was edited by: Bruno Luescher

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