We have a new remote office and this is the first look at the cable work of a local company. My first reaction is to fire them first thing in the morning, but I may be overreacting. How does this look ...

While Cat5e and Cat6 cables look exactly the same from the outside, it is what’s inside that makes the difference. Selecting the best solution for a network system can seem like a daunting task. It is ...

As colleges and universities roll out Wi-Fi 6 on their campuses, they must decide whether to upgrade their cabling from CAT 5 to CAT 6 or 6A. Joel Keller spent more than a decade in IT before becoming ...

After five years of development, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently published its standard for Cat. 6 cabling systems, TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1, addressing the need for a cabling ...

Ethernet cables are a simple way to improve the speed of data transfers. That’s largely why, as businesses continue to improve their networking solutions to support high-speed transfers, the global ...

How do you handle getting Cat 5E (or I guess Cat 6) from your servers to the core switch? Just straight cable runs in the ceiling/under the floor? Patch panels? Or something else? Basically I want to ...

Fullerton, California - ICC is introducing new Front Access Zero U Patch Panels. Available in CAT 6 and CAT 5e; Front Access Patch Panels have been tested to exceed TIA performance standards. With a ...

Although wireless is simpler for a lot of people, due to multimedia sharing, bandwidth on a home network, and paranoia about wireless security, you may want to use a hard wired solution for home ...

A new range of flush-mount modular unloaded patch panels for use in network cabling systems has been released by the AMP NETCONNECT business unit of Tyco Electronics. The panels, which are universal ...