Best solution to hide sockets, cables and rack mounted hardware in corner of cupboard?

Maximilian118

Maximilian118

Maximilian118

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Hi,

I'm about to move into a new build house and I'm interested to see what solution you all come up with!

In my under stairs cupboard I'd like to create an enclosure for all of the verious wall connections plus I'd like to add some rack mount space at a minumum of 4u.
The reason I'd like to do this is to cater for the fact that we plan to use this space as a home for our dog and I need to make sure he can't interfere with any technology.

Preferably I'd like something to put on the wall high up rather than on the floor.
Maybe I could purchase a rack to mount to the wall and then all I need to do is protect the cables on their way up to it?

This is what the wall sockets look like:
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I'll be purchasing a 1u UniFi switch that I'd like to place in this area:


To summarise like to achive the following:
  1. To protect the wires, sockets and rack space from damage and dog fluff.
  2. Take up as little space as possible.
  3. Have at least 4u of rack capacity.
I look forward to hearing your opinions!
 
Doesn't help if you have 19" equipment already but I moved over to 10" 9-12U rack cabinets for that kind of stuff they are light enough to securely wall mount high up and secure enough pets shouldn't be able to do damage.

Equipment available for 10" racks is a bit more limited in availability though - I've struggled to find good rack mount gigabit switches in that form factor (which weren't very expensive and overkill for my needs) and ended up using a regular one on a shelf.

This is one of my setups https://i.imgur.com/RX2Pm0G.png moving my main setup over at the moment so don't have pictures of that.
 
Rroff said:
Doesn't help if you have 19" equipment already but I moved over to 10" 9-12U rack cabinets for that kind of stuff they are light enough to securely wall mount high up and secure enough pets shouldn't be able to do damage.

Equipment available for 10" racks is a bit more limited in availability though - I've struggled to find good rack mount gigabit switches in that form factor (which weren't very expensive and overkill for my needs) and ended up using a regular one on a shelf.

This is one of my setups https://i.imgur.com/RX2Pm0G.png moving my main setup over at the moment so don't have pictures of that.
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Seen a fair few 3d printed adapters for this use case.
 
andy_mk3 said:
Seen a fair few 3d printed adapters for this use case.
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Yeah there are ways to do it - you can get (metal) blanking plates with cut outs to mount some of the popular brands of networking hardware, etc. as well. Just depends on your needs and budget.
 
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