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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're even moderately familiar with computers and networking, you've probably fiddled around with a cable that connects your PC or laptop ...

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 ...

I recently moved into a new home office, and with that came connecting all sorts of cables to a few computers. I had a router with an attached USB for my home media server, an Ethernet switch, and ...

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 ...