Hallie Seltzer worked with CNET's broadband team, covering ISP reviews, provider comparisons and a little bit of everything related to home internet. She's a graduate of Rogers State University in ...

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 ...

Many people have gadgets in their homes that connect to the internet, like cameras or doorbells. Some of these devices need both power and a network connection. Power Over Ethernet, or PoE, is a way ...

Although it probably feels like forever to many of us since Category 5 Ethernet cabling became prevalent, now that 2.5 and even 5 Gbit Ethernet has trickled into the mainstream, a pertinent question ...

The way we move data around massive computer systems is changing really fast. Ultra Ethernet, or U-Ethernet, is the newest contender in high-speed networking, and it is built from the ground up to ...

I started crimping my own Ethernet cables when I moved and tackled my basement networking project. Each CAT6 Ethernet cord ...

Sometimes the simplest questions are the best. On our last Network World/Tolly State of the LAN tour, a network manager in attendance said the following (and I paraphrase): “OK. Ethernet is great.

We spend so much time online that how we connect to the internet has become almost as important as the devices we use. Most people never give it a second thought. They connect their computer to Wi-Fi, ...

If you've ever had a chance to look at the tangled mess that is an automotive wiring harness, you know those things can be pretty huge; hundreds of wires all bundled together by zip-ties that you'll ...

John Iwuozor is a freelance writer with expertise in the technology field. He has written for a host of top tech companies, the likes of Technologyadvice, Tripwire amongst others. He's an avid chess ...

There was a time, before I started covering broadband for CNET, I didn't think much about how the internet actually worked. Like most people, I only noticed it when my connection went down. Once I ...