Questions tagged [patch-panel]
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What could be causing the issue between my patch panel, router and switch?
I have just wired all of my homes CAT cables into a patch panel. I have also changed the phone wall sockets into keystone Ethernet ports. Everything is wired using B configuration.
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Home phone over cat 6 in patch panel?
So here is my question.
I am building my new home and I'm putting in ethernet for poe APs and I already called the phone company and they are fine with cat 6 for the phone and data connection. Right ...
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Does a patch cabinet require both a front and a back access door?
In my company (university), we have very old 19’’ cabinets 80x80x220 cm that are taking quite some space in a student lab. The cabinet is less than half full with switches and patch panels.
I proposed ...
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Patching a more than one cable in a patch panel
I have attached picture to help explain. I just moved into a house and it is networked. The wall panels state CAT5 on them, but the patch panel looks like it is more setup for a phone (I think). I don'...
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Ethernet cable tester only blinks on 4 and 5, incorrect order
I have two Ethernet ports wired together (A -> B). I used a cable tester to check whether they have been wired correctly, and I have the following findings:
Transmitter is on A, only flashes 4, 5. ...
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Is it a bad idea to connect the network cables to the front of the patch panel instead of the back?
OK so I saw that just about all of the tutorials and HOWTOs say that an Intranet Ethernet spider web should connect to the back panel of a patch panel (on the top rack U), then follow-up using switch ...
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Strange Patch Panel Wiring Guide
I just received a new patch panel, and I am confused by the wiring diagram it has presented. I know in 568-A and 568-B wiring standards, the brown and blue wires stay in the same relative location and ...
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Why am I seeing pairs 1 and 2 failing on a newly rewired Cat6 run throughout my house?
I have replaced Cat5e and pulled Cat6 cable throughout my house.
I installed a few extra wall ports so we could hard wire game consoles etc. The issue seems to be that when checking the ports and ...
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