The overlooked detail that decides whether your install holds up.

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 ...

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, ...

Things aren't going to be faster.

Although it probably feels like forever to many of us since Category 5 Ethernet cabling became prevalent, now that 2.5 and even 5 Gbit Ethernet has trickled into the mainstream, a pertinent question ...

The quick answer is no: Ethernet and LAN cables are not functionally different. Generally, when people say "LAN cable," they are referring to the physical Ethernet cable used to build a Local Area ...

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 ...

Wi-Fi offers plenty of convenience, but it does have some limitations. If you're looking for better performance, Ethernet is ...