There is a special type of Category 5, or Cat 5, cable that can be used to connect two computers without the use of a router or switch. These cables are known as crossover cables and they have ...

I need to connect to devices that use an rs-232 connection, but I was wondering if I could use cat5 cable instead of rs-232 cable since I don't have rs-232 cable but plenty of cat5. The connection ...

Can someone recommend a good toner/probe to trace terminated cat 5 cable in bundles? I have a server rack with about 150 patched cat 5 ports, whcih are fed from 3 large cable bundles coming in through ...

Just bought a new home? No, probably not. But the one you’ve got could probably use some improvement in the ol’ wiring situation. An ethernet port in every room is probably a bit much, but you might ...

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 ...

DENVER, COLORADO — September 05, 2006 — Niles Audio Corporation, The First Name in Custom Installation, announces the release of the company’s line of nine CAT-5 Baluns connectivity solutions that ...

Belden 1872A MediaTwist Cat 6 cable. Last month, we covered unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) to carry audio. The highest-quality UTP is computer cable, premise/data cable. It's called Cat 5, Cat 5e or ...

Every so often, we get questions from people who plan to install Ethernet cable in their homes. The most frequent question we get is, "what's the difference between Cat 5e and Cat 6 cable, and which ...

Category 5 (CAT 5) cable is a multipair (usually four-pair) cable that consists of twisted-pair conductors, used mainly for data transmission. Basic CAT 5 cable was designed for characteristics of up ...

Gefen has announced its second generation Extra Long Range (ELR) Extender for HDMI using Power over Line (POL) technology. The new GefenPRO ELR Extender for HDMI over Cat 5 with POL II uses a ...