Picking the right network cable can feel confusing. There are different types, like Cat 5, Cat 6, and Cat 7, and they all seem similar at first. If you have ever looked at the wires behind your router ...

A good customer-owned OSP design depends on your knowledge of cable types, placement methods, and network topologies. Installers wiring buildings for voice, data, and video (V/D/V) can usually expect ...

Although it’s easy to head to the electronics store to buy network cables, making do with cables of predetermined lengths can be a problem. More often than not, premade cables are either too short ...

For a small business network today, unless you plan to go with a Wi-Fi solution, your only obvious choice will be Ethernet. Thirty years ago, there were other local area network (LAN) solutions, ...

The RJ45 cable, also known as an Ethernet cable, is a standard cable which has four twisted pairs of colors. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 cable and make it into a straight cable or cross the cable as ...