While the futurists in our industry tout the improved benefits of IP networked CCTV surveillance and insist that all should switch immediately to it today, the realists know that such a drastic, ...

All it takes is a kink in the cable, somebody running over it with their office chair, or a poor crimping job on one end (like leaving way too much wire untwisted) to make the cable not work. I'd ...

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, ...

Your Ethernet plug has a branding problem older than some routers.

The eight-pole 750-975 embarks as a pluggable, RJ-45 Ethernet connector that features insulation displacement contacts to provide tool-free, in-the-field conductor wiring. Users insert a pre-stripped ...

Figure 1. EIA/TIA 568 assigns CAT-X cable colors in a standardized way. (Illustrations used with permission of Robert Kerr, NetSpec). Click here to see an enlarged diagram. To get the most out of your ...