Thursday, December 27, 2007

The pacth panel



Back view


Front view




What is a patch panel? Think of it as an old fashioned switchboard. A place where network connections are made and often rearranged, guiding the information to the correct destination, each and every time. And since you don't want to change your patch panel every time you upgrade your network, Belkin's built this one to meet the new enhanced Category 5e requirements. This 48 port CAT 5e patch panel is 19 inch rack mountable and supports both 568A and 568B installations. Compatible with both 110 and Krone punch down tools, with angled design that increases bend radius.

A panel of network ports contained together, usually within a telecommunications closet, that connects incoming and outgoing lines of a LAN or other communication, electronic or electrical system. In a LAN, the patch panel connects the network's computers to each other and to the outside lines that enable the LAN to connect to the Internet or another WAN. Connections are made with patch cords. The patch panel allows circuits to be arranged and rearranged by plugging and unplugging the patch cords.




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