Maybe not the prettiest, but a little cleaner than it was when it began. If I had it to do over, I might use a small 9.5" rack if such a thing existed. Originally I had the Netgear and patch cables in a Square-D circuit breaker box but it seemed unnecessary and a bit cramped with no air flow. I then added the Firewalla and moved the fiber over with all the other gear. I have room to expand but I don’t think there is anything else I will ever need to add to this location. I have another networking rack more centrally located in the house. There was also tons of coax here but I coiled it up and tucked it away in case it is ever needed again. I originally wired my house with 2 network drops and 2 coax drops to each wall outlet. This spot services 6 drops to my office, two lines to my main networking rack, and the main internet connection.

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    1 year ago

    Pretty nice little setup. I like your patch panel but at the same time would just wire directly myself and leave it unplugged if that’s what I wanted to do.

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      1 year ago

      Is there any benefit to the patch panel other than not needing to crimp the Ethernet jack on?

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        1 year ago

        Generally is physical access control, but you don’t need that in a residence. You just want it to work.