The apartment in the Leith dome was okay, except for some problem with the building's network cables.

I tracked it down to a classroom where someone had plugged a network cable into two live ports of the same switch.

This is an address that's unique to the piece of equipment that's actually attached to the network cable.

A nest of computers, thick with power cords and network cables, set up on a large round table dominated the room.

Later versions of the program could also transfer files using a network cable.

Wireless routers have become especially popular in recent years, avoiding the need to run network cables between rooms.

The transmission medium (i.e. the network cable) is already in place, along with the controller.

This allows devices to share data without the inconvenience of running dedicated network cables.

You have to run thick network cables around the house.

First, there's at least one network cable: ethernet or modem.