MaxLinear Cisco Ethernet Alliance White Paper Examines 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T for Enterprise Networks

November 5, 2025|1 min read

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Jagdish Kaushik, Senior Principal Engineer at MaxLinear, and Peter Jones, Distinguished Engineer at Cisco, have co-authored an Ethernet Alliance white paper titled "Why 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T?"

The paper addresses the role of 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T in overcoming 1Gbps limitations within existing enterprise and premise cabling infrastructures. It covers the technologies' relevance to wireless advancements and increasing data consumption.

Content includes technical specifications and features of 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T, real-world applications and industry adoption, and deployment challenges with mitigation strategies.

The white paper is available at https://ethernetalliance.org/technical-papers.

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