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    #1

    making ethernet panels

    sooo, i've done networking for god knows how long, I make my own cables and the easy shit that anybody can do, but i've never made panel drops, which I will be doing tomorrow for a local business, and I would like to come in there seeming semi-competent, or at least give them the impression this isn't the first time i've done this

    I know about the keystone jacks and the punch down tools, etc, etc, but making the actual holes in their sheetrock and making a solid panel, is something I've tried doing research on but from what I can tell I need a full enclosure?

    help me here, i'll give you candy
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    Re: making ethernet panels

    Err... a little late to be doing research if you have to do this TOMORROW, no?

    Are you talking about the actual jacks at the desk end, or a patch panel in a closet somewhere?

    Running cables in finished walls is no fun, especially if they're insulated.
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      #3
      Re: making ethernet panels

      I just got done doing that a few weeks ago in my building and house. It's a piece of cake. If you can make the cables and wire the jacks, that's the hard part. If the office has a suspended ceiling, even stringing the cable isn't hard.
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        #4
        Re: making ethernet panels

        ok this is my idea of the problem

        I know about the keystone jacks and the punchdown tools and the plates, no problem. but I have NEVER gotten panels in sheetrock before. do I need the enclosure to keep the panels screwed in the sheetrock? I keep getting mixed signals with all these web tutorials about if I can have JUST the panel, or if I need the little enclosure thats inside the wall the panel screws into
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          Re: making ethernet panels

          If I'm too late for the party, sorry.
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          The old correct way is to install the enclosure [box] in the sheetrock to give the plate-screws something to screw into.
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          The cheap [and easy] way is like what they sometimes do with phone jacks.
          Use two small screw inserts for the plate-screws and just leave a hole behind the plate for clearance for the keystone. [And wire pass-through.]
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          There is a middle way [new to me, and kind'a cool, new correct way??] where you cut the hole full size but use a special back-plate instead of a box.
          - Cut hole. Install plate in hole. Bend tabs on back of plate forward against the sheetrock to hold it in place. TA-DA -> screw holes. [see second attachment]
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            Re: making ethernet panels

            Different version of the 'new correct way' that uses screws to the fold-back tabs.
            [Instructions for....]

            Go here... Couldn't get it to a readable size as an attachment.
            http://www.homephonewiring.com/image...structions.gif
            Last edited by PCBONEZ; 06-27-2011, 02:03 AM.
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            -
            Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
            - Dr Seuss
            -
            You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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              #7
              Re: making ethernet panels

              well that was f'ing terrible. the phone guy made 7 drops in 2 hours, I made 3 (3 and two 1's) in 12 hours. He had expirence behind him, and he gave me 3 of these nice caddies (opposed to these blue plastic ones I got @ ace). Had to call in my dad, use his snakes to run things over the roof (office roofs in the warehouse). owner wasn't wiling to pay more then $300 for labor, I don't blame him, but in the end I got yelled at, cabling isn't my strength, I should stick to my strengths. Soldering, computers, depression
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