Cat 6: good cable and connectors, plus good termination practices, will not get you to 100% compliance unless you can test cables and learn from the feedback the tester gives you. However, once you do ...

No, same pinout. Sounds like you have one of the ends flipped. When wiring the male end, hold the cable straight up with the tab facing AWAY from you. Pin 1 will be on the left.

PATA cables use 80 conductor wire, even though they only have 40 pin connectors. The extra 40 lines are all tied to ground.

Tracking your internet speeds armpannawat/123RF The easiest way to select a cable is to pick one with the range and performance you need. While the latest generations of Cat 8 Ethernet cables will ...

There is also a plan to increase the speeds of Cat5e to 5 Gbps over the existing cables, known as the IEEE P802.3bz standard, which also works on Cat6 cabling. If you've got to have it, here's the ...

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.