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 ...

Hirose has created a circular connector for Cat-5e Ethernet in tough environments. HR22K is metal, and has push-on bayonet-lock operation with an audible click to indicate retention – rotate the ...

This article was updated March 31, 2023. It was originally published Jan. 8, 2016. Engineers and designers who don’t regularly work with CAT data of cables, and even some that do, can get confused ...

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 ...

We were recently perusing facebook and came across an article written and shared by our friends over at Blue Jeans Cable, entitled, “Is Your Cat 6 Cable a Dog?”. We were pretty shocked to discover ...

I'm going to be purchasing a considerable amount of Cat5e cable for an upcoming project, and I'd like to know what brands offer the best reliability and overall quality, as well as which ones ...

Is your network slower than a snail? The culprit might be hiding in plain ...

Gepco International featured its heavy-duty tactical Cat 5e cables and assemblies at the AES show. Designed for portable or remote patching of Ethernet networks or digital audio/video formats that use ...

When network speeds tank, we blame the router first. Then the ISP. Maybe we even swap out a perfectly good streaming device, thinking it's the culprit. Rarely does anyone bother checking the Ethernet ...

Though we’ve never used their cables, [Blue Jeans Cable] out of Seattle, WA sure does seem to take the black art of cable manufacture seriously. When they read the Cat 6 specification, they knew they ...