See this little guy, which I've used when I 'had to' make a ceiling drop for 6 computers in a shop somewhere:
http://icc.com/products/products/6485-cat-5e-mobile-patch-box-6-port.aspx --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:23:24 -0700 Subject: Re: Re-cabling > > I don't know if that's still feasible for >= gig. It uses all four > > pairs, so you'd only get 6 ports per connector. The cross-talk > > requirements are also much stricter, so it may flat-out violate spec. > > That doesn't mean some of us still don't send a Gig network over 4 pars of a > Cat-5e or better 25-Pair. It's been known to happen. Sm:)e. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Scott > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 > 10:23:27 -0700 > Subject: Re: Re-cabling > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Rather than pulling cable all the way down in to the racks, you might > want > > > to think about putting a 24 or 48 port panel in the top (back) of each > > rack > > > and then running short patch cables from there. Then on the other end > you > > > can cross connect to the switch or whatever. > > > > Back in the days of =< 100 meg, you could buy CAT5 cables and patch > > panels with 50-pin "telco" connectors. So you could then connect 12 > > ports on a patch panel using a single cable. This saved labor, cable > > space, and made things neater, as you only had to run one or two trunk > > cables to each rack. > > > > I don't know if that's still feasible for >= gig. It uses all four > > pairs, so you'd only get 6 ports per connector. The cross-talk > > requirements are also much stricter, so it may flat-out violate spec. > > > > But even if one can't do the single connector method, you can buy > > cable assembles which bundle a bunch of 4-pair RJ-45 lines into a > > single outer sheath. That still might make cable management better. > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
