Troubleshooting network speeds is the ethos of my job description within friend circles and family, but do it for a few years and a few realizations dawn quickly. For one, the blinking lights of a ...

With industrial Ethernet fast becoming the network of choice to replace the myriad fieldbuses in both the discrete manufacturing and process industries, your choice of products that form your control ...

Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router ...

An Ethernet switch is a switch-type hub used when building a network with a wired connection via Ethernet, and is also called a switching hub. The switching function reads the destination address in ...

We all think of wireless when it comes to smart home and home entertainment—Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Thread, Z-Wave, and what have you—but a surprising number of smart devices depend on good, ...

Before Wi-Fi became ubiquitous, Ethernet was the way to link devices together. By running Ethernet cables in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you could send traffic back and ...

Connecting your TV with an Ethernet cable is more reliable than using Wi-Fi, and the speeds you’ll get are more than enough ...

Ethernet splitters are a useful component to have in the house when you have multiple devices utilizing Ethernet cables ...

I've just bought a house. It has Ethernet cables installed with ports in almost every room. The installation could be pretty old - is there a way to easily identify what kind of cable is installed ...

Ethernet cables can seem clunky with an extra wire connected to your PC or laptop, but it has a lot of advantages over a WiFi connection. A cable physically connects your computer to the router and ...