Assembling a powerful network stack can make you feel like a god of computing, though there are a couple of things you should be aware of when you purchase new networking equipment. For instance, ...

I've terminated cat5 into a USOC cat3/rj-14 jack for a telephone jack (two lines). I now need to get the line into the demark provided by my telco. Seeing that I'm a startup ISP very used to dealing ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous, fast, and simple. You only need two diffpairs (four wires) to establish a 100Mbit link, the hardware is everywhere, you can do Ethernet over long distances easily, and tons of ...