I'm planning on setting up a home network, with jacks in five rooms of the house. I've done a search but haven't quite come up with an answer to my questions below. Thus far, I plan on getting a roll ...

OK, so here's the sitch: I'm wiring a cable for a user in her office. The cable was previously pulled by one of our electricians and is sitting in the server room. I terminated it at both the wall ...

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Depending on the scope of your requirements, Power over Ethernet (PoE) components can get pretty pricey. [Fire] wrote in to share a 4-port PoE solution he put together for under 20 euros (Ignore any ...

In the structured cabling system, a complete connectivity comprises of cable, patch panel, wall outlet and patch cord supporting all LAN applications. Numbers of cables come into or go out, in this ...