BoingBoing Gadgets found this photo of the original original Ethernet cable at Xerox PARC, devised by Bob Metcalfe so he could rig up a local system for sharing things digitally. The diagram below ...

For some, differentiating straight-through, crossover, and rollover wiring of cables could be quite challenging. These terms are referring to the way the cables are wired (which pin on one end is ...

Yes, everything is wireless these days. But if your walls are open for another project, running some ethernet wire is still a good idea. Tearing open your walls to run ethernet isn’t exactly necessary ...

Just moved home and the new place does not have Ethernet drops in each room (living room and two bedrooms). What it does have are phone and ISDN sockets. Today I tried opening them as well as the ...

This image shows the difference between standard industrial Etherent cabling (top) with 4 twisted wire pairs and SPE cabling (bottom) with one pair of twisted wires. SPE delivers standard Ethernet ...

Someone a while back had a link that demonstrated how to convert a power cable to ethernet in order to destroy a computer.<BR><BR>My Google-fu is weak and I'm unable to find the right search terms to ...