Picking the right network cable can feel confusing. There are different types, like Cat 5, Cat 6, and Cat 7, and they all seem similar at first. If you have ever looked at the wires behind your router ...

As colleges and universities roll out Wi-Fi 6 on their campuses, they must decide whether to upgrade their cabling from CAT 5 to CAT 6 or 6A. Joel Keller spent more than a decade in IT before becoming ...

CAT 8 cables offer ultrafast, 40-gigabit-per-second speeds and robust shielding for short-range enterprise use but upgrading and installation present challenges. Enterprise networks are getting better ...

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 ...