For crossover cables, simply make one end of the cable a T568A and the other end a T568B. Now you can make Ethernet cables of any length, fix broken connectors, or make yourself a crossover cable ...

What You Need. Let’s start with the cables. For gigabit network cabling, select Category 5e (Cat 5e) or better. Cat 6 cables support up to 10-gigabit networks and are fully backward-compatible ...

Using D-link's Green Ethernet technology, the company says that installed switches can detect when a computer is turned off, and then respond accordingly by changing into power standby mode, thus ...

If you're already familiar with cable wiring, you can skip to 1:45 to get right to the good stuff, namely how to build your own crossover cable from a regular ethernet cable, how to build a multi ...

The longest an Ethernet cable can be without losing signal is 328 feet, or 100 meters. Regardless of length, Ethernet cables can be run outside, although that requires ones designed for the outdoors.

Green light for 10-gigabit Ethernet Written by Peter Judge, Contributor June 13, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. PT The first fiber-only Ethernet standard was approved, opening the door for a new generation of ...

The RJ45 cable, also known as an Ethernet cable, is a standard cable which has four twisted pairs of colors. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 cable and make it into a straight cable or cross the cable as ...