Home 'Patch Panel'

Alex53 · 6 Aug 2011 at 12:58

I am buying a new house and it comes with ethernet cabling, however, while the wall points are finished, they all terminate inside a box room, and there all I get is the cables hanging out of an opening on the wall.

I have done my share of ethernet cabling professionally over the past decade and have access to the tools, so the obvious choice based on what I have worked with is a patch panel, a small rack and a switch in that rack. But from the racks I have seen out there, they are generally of a set width, probably wider than I want.

Are there any other 'home friendly' smaller racks, and patch panels narrow enough to fit in them? Maybe something I can easily mount on the wall, in front of the opening the cables are coming out of?

Thanks in advance.

#Chri5# · 6 Aug 2011 at 13:05

Google for Mini Patch Panel or Mini Cabinet and you should find a good selection of 10" cabinets and matching patch panels.

ots3go · 6 Aug 2011 at 16:47

I grabbed a small 4u cab off of fleabay. Has served the job perfectly for a Patch Panel, 24port switch, cable management and KVM Switch.

Ev0 · 6 Aug 2011 at 18:31

In my folks office they've got what I can only describe as phone socket type little boxes that each have 4 or so sockets on them.

Have found some online but no idea if they are classed as a competitor, google cat5e 400 series and should be a simian themed link to them.

Alex53 · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:16

Thanks guys, found what I need thanks to your replies. (I'd post the link but it might be a competitor)