When my son and I built my office space, we wired many RJ-45 jacks and routed them with CAT5e cable to a patch panel. Recently I moved some equipment and used the patch panel to connect it with an ...

Ethernet cables are not exactly exciting. After all, they all look the same. One thing you might notice, though, is that they come in a variety of colors, like blue, yellow, red, green, gray, and even ...

Sure, you can buy Ethernet cables from the store, but where's the fun in that? If you want to make custom cable lengths or crossover cables, or repair a broken connector, why not do it yourself?

A network card may have several types of connectors, with the most common being an RJ45 connector and a BNC connector (coaxial cable). In this article, we talk about the RJ45 ethernet crossover cable, ...

What is a crossover cable used for? The fastest way to connect PCs together, to a router or central switch, is through Ethernet cabling, a standard that’s been in networking installation for years.