Re: Need advice for a wall-mounted patch panel for home network

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Standard racks are 19" but you dont need one. Bring the cable into the
stud bay and mount a piece of  3/4" plywood to one side of the studs
using hinges.  Cut out a 2 inch opening in the plywood and mount your
110 block over it.  Bring the cables in from the hole under the block
and punch them down.  You don't have to use a hinge - you could just
mount the plywood with screws on both sides - but it makes it easy to
get inside to access new runs.
 You can see how I did this using a door height peice of plywood at:
  http://community.webshots.com/user/brobin111


From:BIOSMonkey
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> I am finishing my basement and need some advice about terminating the
> network feeds from around the house.
>
> I initially was going to bring them all into a square wiring box, but
> realized that since I would be actually making the connections via
> switches and routers that are outside the box (on shelves) the square
> panel is not really needed.
>
> What I am looking for is some sort of rack mountable patch panel that
> is 16" wide so it will go between the studs in the wall.  The panel
> itself would slide/disconnect from the rack for wiring, but the rack
> itself mounts permanently between the studs so the drywall can be cut
> around it.
>
> Does something like this exist?