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)( C4m3L_T03 )(
10-25-2003, 12:39 PM
I have never found a good explanation on what patch panels are used for, or that I could completely understand. So if someone could explain how they work and what they can be used for in laymans terms, I'd appreciate it :)
PsychoSilva
10-25-2003, 01:17 PM
Google is your friend!!!
xwred1
10-25-2003, 02:50 PM
The ones I have seen are usually breaking apart the wires in a building and running them to cat5 jacks on the panel.
)( C4m3L_T03 )(
10-25-2003, 03:33 PM
Google is your friend!!!

I have googled it and yet I havent found one that I can understand, that's why I asked here doofus. Next time you assume someone is a retard for asking a question on the internet, why don't you read the post thuroughly.

xwred1: What exactly do you mean by Breaking apart the wires?
PsychoSilva
10-25-2003, 07:20 PM
i never said you were retard, most everyone on these forums will say look to google first.
AEZEAL
10-25-2003, 10:55 PM
hey bro the awnser is in the name Patch. it is a relay to be exact used when you run wires in buldings so you can change floor plans without having to re run wires to your hubs,switches ,routers ect. In lay-mans terms i would call it a junction box.

Aezeal:alien:
xwred1
10-26-2003, 01:41 AM
xwred1: What exactly do you mean by Breaking apart the wires?

Like you have cat5 coming out of a wall, you thread it into the patch panel so you have some nice rj45 jacks, then run some more cat5 from that to a switch or something.
Bullfrog
10-26-2003, 07:56 AM
The best analogy for a patch panel is it's like a electrical power strip but for computer cable. A patch panel can hold all kinds of different medium all depending on what you want to plug into it. It could be coax, CAT5, Fiber...it's all so you can organize a lot of cable coming into a single point.

When it's done well a patch panel is great...when it's done poorly it's like a big tangel of spaghetti.
)( C4m3L_T03 )(
10-26-2003, 11:31 AM
OK thanks guys!