Category 5 cables (or more commonly referred to as Cat 5 cables) are a specific standard of ethernet cable. There are also Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7, and Cat 8 cables to choose from. The main differences ...

I just bought an Asante router for my computer and I wanted to hook it up. Right now I just have the DSL modem hooked up to my computer, but I needed to get another ethernet cable to connect the ...

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 ...

Cat 8 is overkill for most, but if you want the best of the best in terms of shielding and performance, it's as good as it gets. This particular gold-plated version comes in sizes from 1.5 to 150 feet ...

This article was updated March 31, 2023. It was originally published Jan. 8, 2016. Engineers and designers who don’t regularly work with CAT data of cables, and even some that do, can get confused ...

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 ...

Two new 600-V AWM-rated shielded cables join the company’s DataTuff Industrial Ethernet line. The Category 5e cables feature bonded-pair technology and are designed for use in listed motor-control ...

Gefen joined a very short list of suppliers that have introduced transmitter-receiver packages to distribute HDTV signals over CAT-5 cables. At least one other supplier, AudioControl, currently offers ...

Braiding 108 individual copper strands together is not my idea of fun, blistering my hands in the process isn’t a bonus either. If you’ve spent enough money on your audio system to even begin to think ...