Pop open an Ethernet cable. Inside you'll find those four twisted pairs: orange, green, blue, and brown. A solid-colored wire ...

A friend of mine and I are having a debate.<BR><BR>He and I both agree that "electrically" the order of your Ethernet patch cable wiring shouldn't matter, as long as you're consistent. If you chose ...

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 ...

Someone installed my cat6e wall jack using the "A" pattern. (The A and B patterns are printed right in there to compare with the actual wires.) I checked it and it's "A". I have now put an rj45 plug ...

We all take Ethernet and its ubiquitous RJ-45 connector for granted these days. But Ethernet didn’t start with twisted pair cable. [Mark] and [Ben] at The Serial Port YouTube channel are taking a deep ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s nothing quite like a hardwired gigabit ethernet connection. Well, actually, there is. There’s nothing ...

Hi, a house is currently being gut renovated and I’d like to run telephone, ethernet and coaxial cables through the walls. Can anyone point me in the direction as to who I would need to contact to get ...