Network testers are ideal for IDing bad cabling, helping to troubleshoot network issues, estimating cable lengths and determining cable rates. These tools from Fluke Networks, NETSCOUT, and SignalTEK ...

After many years only doing simple home and office network cabling I have started doing some more professional work, and while I have the basic tools like RJ45 crimp tool, a cheap cable tester, jacks, ...

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 ...

If you run Internet Connections Troubleshooter, and you see an error message saying A network cable is not properly plugged in or may be broken, then this post will ...

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, ...

To one degree or another, we are all creatures of habit. I tend to exhibit the same types of behavior, regardless of past experiences. While a lot of what I do can be described as me simply being ...