The RJ45 cable, also known as an Ethernet cable, is a standard cable which has four twisted pairs of colors. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 cable and make it into a straight cable or cross the cable as ...

Home networking projects can become expensive quickly when you're purchasing ready-made cables. I was staring at a $600+ price for all the cables I needed, so I grabbed an RJ45 crimp tool and a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NEWBURY PARK, CALIF.—Platinum Tools is now shipping its new EZ-RJ45 Crimp Tool (p/n 100062C), ...

Although it’s easy to head to the electronics store to buy network cables, making do with cables of predetermined lengths can be a problem. More often than not, premade cables are either too short ...

You can make your own Ethernet cable to achieve lengths that are more useful and save some money in the long run. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

All it takes is a kink in the cable, somebody running over it with their office chair, or a poor crimping job on one end (like leaving way too much wire untwisted) to make the cable not work. I'd ...