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Those will be connected with a short Cat-5 or Cat-6 Ethernet cable and the modular RJ-45 8-pin connector. There are many homes in which that's likely the extent of their Ethernet install.

Connected to my router is a TRENDNet TEG-S82g 8-port GbE switch, one port of which is connected to the aforementioned 50' Ethernet cable. The other end of the aforementioned cable has historically ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous, fast, and simple. You only need two diffpairs (four wires) to establish a 100Mbit link, the hardware is everywhere, you can do Ethernet over long distances easily, and tons … ...

A lot home networks use an older CAT5 or CAT5e cable. Nowadays, however, it's worth swapping to a CAT6 network cable, especially if you've got fast internet.

Ethernet cables come in sizes as long or short as you'd need. Emma Witman/Insider Just be careful not to unplug your cable while you're using it, as doing so will disconnect you from the internet ...

Ethernet cables can be the weakest link in your home network, but it is ludicrously cheap just to upgrade them to a point where you never need think of them again.

This post is republished from Instructables. Here’s a step-by-step guide to wiring your home with Cat5e or Cat6 ethernet cable. (If you’re not sure of the difference between the two, check out ...

So, in short: If you transfer lots of data over your network, upgrading your cables from old Cat5 might help, and it's so cheap that you might as well try it out. But don't stress over it.

Good lord $124. I’d be interested in seeing how much smaller this is than the cheapest gigabit Ethernet switch on Amazon. I got one recently a TP-link teeny tiny module which was so small and ...