Are LAN cables the same as Ethernet cables?

When it comes to wired networks, you'll often hear people using "LAN cables" and "Ethernet cables" interchangeably, but are ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I never set up a home network without these 3 firewall rules

Default deny.
Network World

The importance of the local area

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on our annual LANs Technology Tour event. This year’s theme is “Orchestrating Your Network Assets,” which having just returned from our recent spate of tours ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Local Heroes: Solutions for LAN- and WAN-based Streaming (Part 1)

Ever get the feeling all your streaming problems would be solved if only your streams were limited to a local area network (LAN)? Video streaming on a LAN looks great, primarily because you can encode ...
PC Magazine

Game Downloads Guzzling Data? Try Steam's Local Network Transfer Feature

Local Network Game Transfers, now available on the beta Steam client, allow a player to transfer an existing Steam game installation from one PC to another over a local area network (LAN). This means ...