Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, that's changed. Cat6 is now considered the minimum standard for networking, ...

Plugged into Fluke Networks' DTX cable analyzer, thesepatch-cord test adapters certify both shielded and unshielded Category 5e, 6,and 6a cable assemblies to ANSI/TIA 568-C and ISO 11801:2010 ...

Welcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has more than 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. In ...

The situation: I rent a place, it has network cabling installed (no conduit) and the cables from the rooms terminate in one room where I have the router etc. I ended up installing some of the wall ...

The physical layer is often at fault ...

Interconnect technology has a key role to play in test-and-measurement applications, whether you need to make a few connections on a benchtop or many connections in an automated test system.

The smallest cable in the chain can cap your network.