patch panel

And another question. Is there any reason why I would need a 450 mm deep 6U wall mounted cabinet rather than a 300 mm 6U cabinet? The cabinet will be for housing a 24 patch panel (cat6 or maybe cat6A), plus a 24 port network switch (they seem to be between 200 to 250 mm deep), and maybe a...

So I installed a wired network at home some time back and am now thinking about upgrading our all in one router to a separate router and one or more WAP's. The network switch is earthed through its power kettle type lead via a regular wall power socket. The network switch also has a grounding...