Wired (cat 5/6) Patch panels

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Ok, forgive my ignorance but I just never worked out the way a patch panel worked. Ive done a fair bit of cat6 wiring and always used switches when needed.

I want to put my vu solo 2 linux satellite box in my brother in laws wiring closet and obviously I need to make a connection to the broadband. There is a patch panel there which I presume does all the cat6 wall plates...

So how do i make a connection to hub through the patch panel...?

I never really understood the point of using a patch panel when a switch does it neater and better but then maybe I'm wrong...lol
 
It's a form of cable management and usually (or properly) the network cables from the room sockets will be single core and run to the punch blocks on the rear of the panel. You don't need one (you could wire straight into the switch or router) but they can neaten things up.
 
So how does the connection to patch panel to router work. If I run cat6 from vu box to patch panel how do I make sure it's connected to broadband.
 
So how does the connection to patch panel to router work. If I run cat6 from vu box to patch panel how do I make sure it's connected to broadband.

You would need to patch it from the router to the patch panel, then from the corresponding patch panel port to the box.

Also dont bother with Cat6, it's expensive for what you're trying to do. Use Cat5e or similar, cheaper and will work as well.
 
The patch panel is in a different room than the router.

Does that mean I'm going to use power line adaptors when I have a patch panel sitting beside my sky box.

i thought the patch panel would be setup to allow more devices to patch in so to speak.
 
The patch panel is in a different room than the router.

Does that mean I'm going to use power line adaptors when I have a patch panel sitting beside my sky box.

i thought the patch panel would be setup to allow more devices to patch in so to speak.

You may be able to splice the cables together at the patch panel.
 
You could do this in the panel if you don't have enough cables in, it's a bit messy though and you still need a switch or router port per patch panel port.

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Is there no switch at the same location as the panel? The patch panel is really just a collection point for all the various rooms LAN cables,you can then either patch them to a switch or to each other, but as a standalone the panel doesn't facilitate Internet access itself

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The pr goint of a patch pannel is that Eathernet cables can be used for other things than just Broadband, i.e. Telephone, HDMI, Streaming without Internet Access, etc etc.

So all your outlets are terminated to the patchpannel then from there you link it to whatever you want it to be.

To be fair its probably at bit pointless in a home setup
 
Yes that was always my understanding of a patch panel. Merely a point to terminate all cables to but still requires a switch to connect to the router.

thats why I have done my own setup with all my cat6 cables going into a switch then to a router.
 
patch panels are for better cable management.
if the number of cables you have is 5 or less then better dont use a patch panel.
just plug the cables directly to switch
 
The patch panel is useful when re-wiring a house. All the wall plates are then connected to a numbered patch panel. Easy to manage cables after that when the wall plates need to be used, especially for double -socket wall plates.
 
at the router location, use a patch lead to connect to cat 5 wall socket, find the corresponding socket on the patch panel in closet and connect a patch lead from there to the socket going to the room where you will be putting the receiver and a patch lead from that wall socket to the receiver, job done
 
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