Telecommunications experts and enthusiasts know how a robust network’s foundation lies within its cables. Everything, from its ability to maintain consistency over long distances and resist ...

In today’s fast-paced world, change is the only constant, and nowhere is this more evident than in the enterprise IT arena. The evolving nature of technology makes it mandatory for organizations to ...

I finally took your advice and went completely wired on my home network using a bunch of Ethernet cables I had lying around. Some are Cat5, and others are Cat5e. Is there a difference? Is one faster ...

Welcome to part two of the Align InfiniBand series. In this post, Rodney Willis, Align’s VP of sales and sourcing, completes a deep dive into the various types of cabling media and termination types ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s ...

Banks, co-host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, has been managing networks for higher ed, government, financial services and tech organizations since 1995. When’s the last time you thought about the ...

Perfect, all you need is straight through cables, whether you decide on T568A or B, just make sure they are the same on both ends and you will be cricket.<BR><BR>Just to complicate things further, do ...

Requirements for cabling and other interconnectivity infrastructure products vary widely when you compare traditional commercial environments like office buildings to industrial environments, which ...

Unless you have the technical know-how, setting up devices like home computers and other electronics like a TV with a LAN port can be daunting. You might get stuck searching for YouTube videos that ...