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, ...

I want to get wired access to most of my home. Problem is - I can only see 4 places where there is pre-existing cat5e cable junctions/connectors (interestingly I only see 3 cat5e wire ends in the ...

Though we’ve never used their cables, [Blue Jeans Cable] out of Seattle, WA sure does seem to take the black art of cable manufacture seriously. When they read the Cat 6 specification, they knew they ...

These days, anything with copper in it is expensive. If you doubt that, a walk into any Home Depot electrical department, where the wire is locked up tighter than Fort Knox, will prove otherwise.

Someone installed my cat6e wall jack using the "A" pattern. (The A and B patterns are printed right in there to compare with the actual wires.) I checked it and it's "A". I have now put an rj45 plug ...

Replacing this cable with a new one, costing just $10, completely fixed all the problems we were experiencing. Dealing with network slowdowns or support requests from family members can force you to ...