BoingBoing Gadgets found this photo of the original original Ethernet cable at Xerox PARC, devised by Bob Metcalfe so he could rig up a local system for sharing things digitally. The diagram below ...

For some, differentiating straight-through, crossover, and rollover wiring of cables could be quite challenging. These terms are referring to the way the cables are wired (which pin on one end is ...

Yes, everything is wireless these days. But if your walls are open for another project, running some ethernet wire is still a good idea. Tearing open your walls to run ethernet isn’t exactly necessary ...

Zilog’s eZ80AcclaimPlus! ™ Ethernet Zdots® Single Board Computers (SBCs) deliver a complete 10/100 Base-T Ethernet solution including an RFC compliant TCP/ IP Stack and RTOS. The flexibility provided ...

If you can't tell which Ethernet cable goes where, this inexpensive tool can help. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac The Elegiant Wire Tracker looks unassuming, but it helped me solve a frustrating ...