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Please stop using Cat5 cables (do this instead)

Cat5 is a common type of cable that's pretty much obsolete now. It caps out at 100Mbps, which you might not notice until you ...
Ars Technica

Expert electrical analysis: $340 audiophile cables test “marginal”

Our cable adventure is coming to a close. First we took our two $340 AudioQuest Vodka Ethernet cables to Las Vegas and subjected one of them to a live listening test; listeners were unable to tell it ...
MUO on MSN

This is why some Ethernet cables are faster than others

After discovering that a single Cat5 cable was bottlenecking some devices on my network to 90 Mbps while the rest of my setup ran at gigabit speeds, I went deep into learning what actually makes one ...
Ars Technica

Ars prepares to put “audiophile” Ethernet cables to the test in Las Vegas

Back in February, we ran a piece discussing a hyper-expensive "audiophile-grade" Ethernet cable, the Audioquest Diamond. An 8-meter version of the Audioquest Diamond costs about $4,500, and a 12-meter ...
EDN

Tester checks CAT5 and 5E cables

The RFA-4218-20 cable tester checks CAT5 and 5E cables for conditions such as shorts, opens, reversed pairs, and crossed pairs. It handles both straight and crossover cables for UTP, STP, 10/10-MHz ...
Digital Trends

How to choose an Ethernet cable

Choosing the right Ethernet cable for you isn’t as straight forward as just buying the best Ethernet cable available and calling it a day. There are various generations of Ethernet cable to consider, ...
EDN

Fluke test adapters certify Cat 5e, 6, and 6a cables

Plugged into Fluke Networks' DTX cable analyzer, thesepatch-cord test adapters certify both shielded and unshielded Category 5e, 6,and 6a cable assemblies to ANSI/TIA 568-C and ISO 11801:2010 ...