Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-14 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
So instead of punch-down termination, you would like it to be modular? -- ME2 On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Phil Guevara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of any patch panels that do not require terminating or > patching them into the back of the patch panel? I would like to use

RE: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-14 Thread Dallas Burnworth
Belkin, Tripp Lite and Cables 2 Go all have 24-48 port patch panels with keystones you can plug normal patch cables into. You will just want to make sure that the keystones are the same as your cable i.e. CAT5E and CAT6, CAT6A etc. Dallas From: Phil Guevar

Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-14 Thread Phil Brutsche
I've seen patch panels that accept keystone blocks. I've found that terminating keystones is much easer than punching down Cat5e ;) Phil Guevara wrote: > Does anyone know of any patch panels that do not require terminating or > patching them into the back of the patch panel? I would like to use

Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread James Kerr
problems. ;-) James - Original Message - From: "Phil Brutsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel?? I've seen patch panels that accept keystone block

Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I would suggest that punching down CAT is difficult for a reason - its an industry standard for making a secure and stationary connection that will last. Anything less imo is asking for trouble over time. -- ME2 On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've se

RE: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread René de Haas
Hmm... Just because something is difficult to make doesn't automatically make it more durable. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel?? I

Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
is difficult to make doesn't automatically make it > more durable. > > -Original Message- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel?? >

RE: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread Dallas Burnworth
008 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel?? Hmm... Just because something is difficult to make doesn't automatically make it more durable. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008

RE: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel??

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Ross
rise. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Punchless Cat5/6 patch panel?? In terms of mechanical elements, I have found it typically true. I would still stand behind t