In the initial days of the Ethernet, there were two common options for configurations: 10Base2 and 10Base5. The operating speed for both configurations was 10 Mbps and used coaxial cable with ...

Cat5: A Little Older, A Little Slower Category 5 cabling, also known as Cat5, is an older type of network cabling. Cat5 cables were made to support theoretical speeds of 10Mbps and 100Mbps.

Welcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has over 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. This week ...

An Ethernet cable, sometimes referred to as a network cable, is a cord that runs from a router, modem, or network switch to your computer, giving your device access to the local area network (LAN ...

Sticking to Ethernet cables with newer category ratings is often what's best, but let's dive a bit deeper into what separates these cables from one another. The frequency of a cable, measured in ...

But in the end it was Ethernet that won the battle for LAN standardization through a combination of standards body politics and a clever, minimalist—and thus cheap to implement—design. It went ...