I bought a cat5 cable at Value village. I can test it with my $3000 Fluke, but I had an idea. Take an old computer and add two nics. That's the hardware. You would plug both ends into the two nics and ...

You don’t need access to fancy test gear to check and fault-find computer data cables. Instead, this simple device will give a quick indication of the status of point-to-point cable wiring; ie, ...

A cable running upstairs to a desktop from the router is only carrying 100Mb/s Full Duplex, even when both endpoints are gigabit. When tested with a cable tester, wire 4 is blank and does not connect.

Why Should You Make Ethernet Cables? As most of you have probably purchased an Ethernet cable at one point or another, you’ll know that one of the most annoying things about buying an Ethernet cable ...