Category 5 UTP, token ring, twisted pair, hub, switch, gigabit……….What do all these items have in common? In case you didn’t figure it out right away, all the above listed items are related to Ethernet in some way or another. During the mid to late 1990′s as prices of commodity PC Hardware began to decline, households began to...

OK, now it’s time to actually start doing some networking. Setting up an Ethernet network is usually very easy. The hard part usually comes in running the cables. If you are networking PCs that are in different rooms, then you have the joy associated with running wires through your attic, walls, etc. I’m not going to go into how to tear holes in your wall,...