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, ...

While most modern Ethernet cables you buy won't present an issue, some older Ethernet cables can actually throttle your internet connection's speed.

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 ...

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I need to connect to devices that use an rs-232 connection, but I was wondering if I could use cat5 cable instead of rs-232 cable since I don't have rs-232 cable but plenty of cat5. The connection ...

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 ...

The RFA-4218-20 cable tester checks CAT5 and 5E cables for conditions such as shorts, opens, reversed pairs, and crossed pairs. It handles both straight and crossover cables for UTP, STP, 10/10-MHz ...

Most networking devices ship with Ethernet cables that let you connect the hardware to your network. Many of these cables, however, are at a fixed length usually measuring no more than four feet. That ...

Anyone have a link to a really elementary explanation of how to put RJ45 connectors onto CAT5 cable? I went out and bought a fancy-schmancy crimper especially designed for that purpose, looked up old ...