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 ...

After many years only doing simple home and office network cabling I have started doing some more professional work, and while I have the basic tools like RJ45 crimp tool, a cheap cable tester, jacks, ...

I need to find a tool that I can use in a server room to connect it to one end of an Ethernet cable which will then trace where it's plugged in at the other end. Our patch panel/switch is full of ...

Computerworld recently showcased 10 great free network management tools. Readers responded with some of their own favorites, so I’m going to take a look at those tools and report on their capabilities ...