Wireless networks may be convenient, but wired networks beat Wi-Fi in every other way. Wired networks are faster, they’re always reliable, and they’re secure. Unless you’re sitting on the couch 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 ...

My apartment has CAT5 wires in the walls. The wiring is terminated in RJ-11 jacks, and comes together in the ceiling above the bathroom. I'm intending to run an outlet into the closet in there, ...

My house has 6 phone jacks in the various rooms, all of which are wired with CAT5 cable. I'd like to convert some of these into Ethernet runs, but I'm not sure how to figure out which cables are which ...

We all take Ethernet and its ubiquitous RJ-45 connector for granted these days. But Ethernet didn’t start with twisted pair cable. [Mark] and [Ben] at The Serial Port YouTube channel are taking a deep ...

Nearly every piece of modern AV gear can connect to the internet, but many of them only offer hard-wire connections. And it isn't always possible, or worth the effort, to run an Ethernet cable to an ...