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 ...

Although it’s easy to head to the electronics store to buy network cables, making do with cables of predetermined lengths can be a problem. More often than not, premade cables are either too short ...

I've been tasked with doing a network diagram of our offices (8 in total) across two different cities. Our network is all on a single flat subnet (10.1.X.X / 255.0.0.0) and all sites are connected by ...

What is a crossover cable used for? The fastest way to connect PCs together, to a router or central switch, is through Ethernet cabling, a standard that’s been in networking installation for years.

Why Should You Make Ethernet Cables? As most of you have probably purchased an Ethernet cable at one point or another, you’ll know that one of the most annoying things about buying an Ethernet cable ...

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 ...