Imagine that you work as a network administrator for a small manufacturing company. The company wants to upgrade its network infrastructure to include 1000Mb switches and 10/100/1000 auto sensing network interface cards in each desktop. Recommend the cabling type that you would use in this network, and provide a rationale to your superiors.
Imagine that your company is using 100BaseTX cabling, and you need to provide access to a machine that is located 400 meters from the switch. Recommend one (1) strategy to accomplish this task, and justify your chosen strategy.