Category 5 cables (or more commonly referred to as Cat 5 cables) are a specific standard of ethernet cable. There are also Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7, and Cat 8 cables to choose from. The main differences ...

There is a special type of Category 5, or Cat 5, cable that can be used to connect two computers without the use of a router or switch. These cables are known as crossover cables and they have ...

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 ...

Category 5 (CAT 5) cable is a multipair (usually four-pair) cable that consists of twisted-pair conductors, used mainly for data transmission. Basic CAT 5 cable was designed for characteristics of up ...

Belden 1872A MediaTwist Cat 6 cable. Last month, we covered unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) to carry audio. The highest-quality UTP is computer cable, premise/data cable. It's called Cat 5, Cat 5e or ...

CAT-5 cable provides an enormous cost benefit over coax. The average cost of a 100m of CAT-5 cable is $20 while the average cost of a 100m of Coax cable could easily exceed $240. Furthermore, wiring ...

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 ...

Ethernet cables are a whole lot more important than you might think when it comes to gaming, especially the type of Ethernet cable you get. There are tons of different categories, all offering ...

Niles Audio Corporation, The First Name in Custom Installation, has announced its line of HDMI CAT-5 Baluns have been named the recipient of the Audioholics Consumer Electronics Award in the “Baluns & ...

Ok I have a computer at work here that has a gigabit nic and it connects to a gigabit switch but its only connecting at 100 mb. Its a Broadcom card and it has a cable analysis program which shows that ...