Hi,
Patch panels are the panels that exist in wiring closets. I a number of places (most
of where I work.) the term wiring closet is used for the place where the patch panels
are housed if at all.
Basically a ptch panel is a panel that allows you to put cables from one socket to
another. For example you might have 3 outlets to a workstation area, these would
come back to a patch panel in a wiring closet from there one socket might be plugged
into a switch or hub another might go into another patch panel connecting two wiring
closets then onto a phone system, a different switch (for redundancy purposes) or what
ever.
Hope this helps
Teunis,
Hobart, Tasmania
Australia
On Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 07:27:42 AM, Sammi wrote:
> Could someone please elaborate on patch panels, or point to some
> reading.
> I understand the use of panels when you have your switch/router in,
> say, rack1 and your devices in rack5, you then have patch panels in
> rack5 hardwired over to rack1.
> I'm missing the practicality in other cases:
> Your router/switches are in rack1 and you have them hooked up to patch
> panels also in rack1. Why not bypass the patch panels in this case?
> Wiring closets; you have hubs in the closet, wired to patch panels in
> the same closet. Again, why not bypass the panels?
> When a workstation needs to be "punched down", does that mean you need
> to hardwire a port on the patch panel to the hub, then run a line from
> workstation to the patch panel? Any info available on the "punch down"
> methodology?
>
> Any clarifications greatly appreciated.
>
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