Questions tagged [patch-panel]

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Tracing network RJ45 / RJ11 cable from user desk to patch panel backend

I am new to these kind of work and I don't have much experience in network tracing. I have receive a new task which I was told to trace all patch cable of RJ45/RJ11 from the phone panel @ user desk to patch panel backend. Then I was told to produce…
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Cable management between multiple racks

I am in the planning phase of re-cabling our 5 racks in one of our offices and I would like to ask for some guidance on how you go, or would go about managing cables that goes between racks. In our situation we have 5 racks where the furthest to the…
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gigabit ethernet to single mode LC fiber

I need a fiber converter that takes single mode LC fiber from the patch to a gigabit port on the switch. I've been investigating the Canary GFT-1036, but am having a difficult time finding a vendor my university can purchase from. Are there any…
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Ethernet patch or crossover router to router

I we have run Ethernet in the house, through a fast Ethernet switch, through a wall patch, over the river and through the woods as it were. From router A, through switch, through wall patch, then to second router B. I read router to router, switch…
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Patch panel confessions

So the old IT guy was a college student with no experience prior to be hired beyond some classes. The one before him had no experience at all and just did his best with what he had. Now I am here and we have some really bad packet loss problems... I…