Category 5 cables (or more commonly referred to as Cat 5 cables) are a specific standard of ethernet cable. There are also Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7, and Cat 8 cables to choose from. The main differences ...

Category 5 (CAT 5) cable is a multipair (usually four-pair) cable that consists of twisted-pair conductors, used mainly for data transmission. Basic CAT 5 cable was designed for characteristics of up ...

Cat 8 is overkill for most, but if you want the best of the best in terms of shielding and performance, it's as good as it gets. This particular gold-plated version comes in sizes from 1.5 to 150 feet ...

Although it probably feels like forever to many of us since Category 5 Ethernet cabling became prevalent, now that 2.5 and even 5 Gbit Ethernet has trickled into the mainstream, a pertinent question ...

Picking the right network cable can feel confusing. There are different types, like Cat 5, Cat 6, and Cat 7, and they all seem similar at first. If you have ever looked at the wires behind your router ...

There is a special type of Category 5, or Cat 5, cable that can be used to connect two computers without the use of a router or switch. These cables are known as crossover cables and they have ...

HDBaseT, which can send massive amounts of audio, video, and data hundreds of feet over cheap, simple Cat 5 Ethernet cables, is coming to an AV device near you. David reviews TVs and leads the ...

With the world dominance of personal computer systems, demand for long distance component video transmission is increasing at an unprecedented pace. The applications areas of greatest demand are KVM ...

Belden 1872A MediaTwist Cat 6 cable. Last month, we covered unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) to carry audio. The highest-quality UTP is computer cable, premise/data cable. It's called Cat 5, Cat 5e or ...

PESA Switching Systems' CAT PAWS twisted pair RGBHV transmitter and receiver PESA Switching Systems has introduced its new CAT PAWS twisted pair RGBHV transmitter and receiver. Capable of driving an ...

I'm pretty sure those two places sell what you need. The trickiest part, at least for me, is running the CAT5 through the walls. Sometimes it gets caught up on something and no matter how much you ...

I have an intel ethernet card in a sites computer and am trying to hook it up to an Intel Router approx 500 feet away in the telco room. We have wiremapped the cable out and it is checking out fine.