After discovering that a single Cat5 cable was bottlenecking some devices on my network to 90 Mbps while the rest of my setup ran at gigabit speeds, I went deep into learning what actually makes one ...

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 ...

I just bought an Asante router for my computer and I wanted to hook it up. Right now I just have the DSL modem hooked up to my computer, but I needed to get another ethernet cable to connect the ...

Spread the love“`html 1. Understanding Ethernet Cables Before diving into the nitty-gritty of how to wire Ethernet cable, it’s important to understand what Ethernet cables are and why they matter.

Ethernet is ubiquitous, fast, and simple. You only need two diffpairs (four wires) to establish a 100Mbit link, the hardware is everywhere, you can do Ethernet over long distances easily, and tons of ...