Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, that's changed. Cat6 is now considered the minimum standard for networking, ...

Choosing an ethernet cable for your home network seems straightforward, but there’s more to it than you might think, especially if you don’t know what all the different names and numbers mean. If you ...

Every so often, we get questions from people who plan to install Ethernet cable in their homes. The most frequent question we get is, "what's the difference between Cat 5e and Cat 6 cable, and which ...

Ethernet has been around for a long time. Invented in the '70s, commercialized in the early '80s, and it's still the fastest and most reliable network technology you can have in your home. The problem ...

Internet connectivity is of the utmost importance in today's day and age, especially in gaming. Even offline games like ones with single-player campaigns require an internet connection for storing ...

I'm doing some rewiring of my house, and I want to use Cat5 wherever possible, including phone connections. My question is this: does the standard ethernet computer connection use all of the wires in ...

For short distances, a single-ended video-transmission system can easily supply high-quality video. However, over hundreds of meters, such a system is susceptible to voltage differences in transmitter ...

I've been setting up a home network, and wound up running some cat5 to my room for a 100BaseT connection to the downstairs switch. (Thanks, BTW, for getting this all sorted out for me, net matrix ...