Sorry for a possibly dumb question. So I'm getting ready to wire my house up for gigabit in the next few days, and one guide I came across mentioned a patch panel being optional. That got me trying to ...

I'm planning on setting up a home network, with jacks in five rooms of the house. I've done a search but haven't quite come up with an answer to my questions below. Thus far, I plan on getting a roll ...

Remember that one time the cable you grabbed from the box was exactly the right length for the run from patch panel to server shelf? What if every patch cable you picked up were just the right length?

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