Re: 110 blocks or patch panels?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the Cat5e, if I were you I'd grab this off ebay before someone else
does. It's EXACTLY what you need and at the price it's almost free!

 http://cgi.ebay.com/AVAYA-PATCHMAX-48-PORT-RJ45-to-110-CAT5e-PATCH-PANEL_W0QQitemZ280071744433QQihZ018QQcategoryZ44992QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemFor the coax, I'd get a rack mounted panel with keystone openings anduse the f connectors on keystone bulkheads.You can see a picture of how I did that at: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/69336384mTbggL Marc_F_Hult wrote:> On 17 Jan 2007 17:07:36 -0800, "spinquick@xxxxxxxxx"> <spinquick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message> <1169082456.108895.169540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:>>> I have run Cat5e and RG6 to all rooms in my new home (minimum 2 home>> runs of each to each room, some have 4) I would like to terminate the>> Cat5 cables in the most cost effective way that would also have the>> most flexibility.  I have a total of 40 Cat5e home runs for a 4>> bedroom, 3200 sf house, for telephone, networking, automation, and>> security.>>> From my limited knowledge, it seems that patch panels with 110>> connections on the back and RJ45 plugs on the front wou
ld allow the>> most flexibility, but also be more expensive.  Is there any advantage>> to using 110 blocks?  Wouldn't I still have to have the patch panels>> to connect everything?>> My thinking is that with the patch panels, I could use phone plugs as>> ethernet, and vice versa.  However, with the amount of cable I have>> run, not sure it is necessary to do this.>>>> Please share your thoughts.>> Thanks.>> Rack mount Cat5/Cat5e panels ( '110' on back and RJ45 on front) with> 48-72 ports go for ~$25-40  (used), ~$50-70 (new) including shipping> on eBay so having already installed those 40 runs, the incremental> cost of a good CAT5e patch panel should not be a significant issue.>> Do consider also having a 66 block for flexibility in setting up> multi-line phone, '1-wire' data bus, IR signal send and receive,> RS-xxx coms and so forth. These uses may require jumpering and(or)> star configurations but typically do not require the bandwidth> provided by '110 blocks' and can use the greater flexibility of '66> b
locks'.>> Reserve panel space nearby for a RJ31X jack for the alarm panel and> dsl filters if applicable.>> ... Marc> Marc_F_Hult> www.ECOntrol.org