Ok mixed termniology, you are calling patch panels what we call "stab
down blocks", I am talking about a panel with a row of RJ45 connectors
that are all connected together (like a double row of each about 50
RJ's all shorted together) this is what we refer to as "patch panels"
and I have yet figured out what the usefullness is.
We have approx. 85 workstations all using CAT5, all run into a room
and then terminated into "stab down blocks" then the active
terminations are then wired into the hub using another piece (on the
other side of the "stab down block") into the hub, all the hubs are
linked together via the uplink.
I was just wondering about the "patch panels" (as I described above).
Regards,
Steven Hildreth
Information Technology Manager
Aprotex Corporation, http://www.aprotex.com
"Proven Property Protection Since 1952"
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From: Scott McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet
> Steven Hildreth on Thu 2/12 08:07 -0600:
> > I have never understood the benefits of a "patch panel", would you
> > please explain the benefits of this?
>
> it allows you to easily identify who is who and change where they
are
> plugged in
>
> also, that's how the wiring comes into the network closets...in big
> bundles of 50, 100 or more CAT 5 wires all wrapped into one; they
then
> efficiently plug into the patch panel arbitrarily where it would be
> impossible to pull them all with heads on them.
>
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