What a patch panel does is make it VERY easy to both organize your
wiring runs at the hub/switch end, and to change things if necessary.
Since the cable runs are punched down on the patch panel side, it's easy
to label the jacks as to room/station number, etc. Plus since they're
punched down, they don't move around or get mistaken for others. What a
lot of businesses do is to run drops from any room that _might_ need
one, back to the patch panel and punch them down ahead of time. That
way, a patch cable only needs to be inserted between the hub and the
panel to make that drop active, and you know which ones are which (if
you label them).
I'm sure there are other advantages as well.
I've never seen a business with more than five PCs that didn't use them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Hildreth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet
> I have run two cat5 and two coax cables to each drop point. They are
all
> home run to the basement where I will make a wiring closet, get a
rack,
> patch panels etc. I'm hoping this will be flexible enought to
support
> things like you suggest with the voice.
I have never understood the benefits of a "patch panel", would you
please explain the benefits of this?
Regards,
Steven Hildreth
Information Technology Manager
Aprotex Corporation, http://www.aprotex.com
"Proven Property Protection Since 1952"
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