I understand why this sort of article is informative and useful these days but damn I feel old!
(2022)
Ethernet might be one of the longest-lived backwards-compatible standards in the computer industry; you can plug one end of a cable into a PC from 2025 and the other into one from 1990, and they will communicate perfectly.
Is this the beginning of a series that is going to cover all the types of "ethernet cables" such as RG-8/U, RG-58/U, MMF, SMF, and twinax cable? If so, I hope the rest are better than this one on twisted pair cables.
Is this real
Besides ethernet cables providing more stability to your network connection than WiFi, it isn't mentioned in the article. Not many people know about this: most houses have coaxial cable lined throughout. If your router is located in a different location in the house, you can use the coaxial cable to help create a network. You need two MoCA adapters (coaxial to ethernet) on both sides (one at the router/switch/gateway and another at your computer). Connect it all up… bingo, bango, bongo, and you got stable and fast internet! This is how I have the most stable connection in my house :)