If you’ve been browsing Ethernet cables online you may have seen that they come with names like CAT 5, CAT 6, CAT 7, and CAT ...

I decided I would never buy another Ethernet cable, ever. If you’re like me, you have a box or drawer with dozens of cables.

Before I started my CNET broadband beat, my primary concern was whether my internet worked. I didn't think twice about the difference between Wi-Fi and Ethernet, or what made my c ...

Although swapping a Cat-5e patch cable with a Cat-7 one between a network port and computer is easy enough, replacing all the network cable already pulled through the conduits of a ‘future ...

Standard switches can introduce electrical noise, jitter, and interference into your network. These unwanted intrusions don’t just stay isolated—they travel down the same cables as your digital signal ...

Ethernet connection or wired connection is better as compared to WiFi, in my opinion, but then like everything else, an Ethernet connection can stop working. If you do not have an alternate way to ...

However, the importance of network cabling can’t be overstated. As our schools come to rely more on wireless connectivity, the quality of the cable that backhauls our wireless traffic from the access ...