Cable Matters [UL Listed] Mini 12-Port Vertical Patch Panel with 89D Bracket, Compact 10 Inch Patch Panel with 10 Gigabit Ethernet

This worked great for my OnQ in wall networking cabinet. I already owned the punch down tool and was happy with the results. Solid connections and the label inside the unit made the connections much easier to get right.

Works as expected. It was a nice addition to make network cables organized in the basement of a house.

Worked perfectly for my multimedia panel. I had zero issues laying in cables and terminating them, but I have experience with a 110 tool. It is not hard to do, just use a quality 110 or Krone tool, and plan out the wiring. I alternated laying the wires down, one tight against one side, the next tight against the other, then repeated that pattern.

Works very well, though be warned that the plastic mounting bracket, while it holds it to the wall nicely, is not terribly strong. It is a little bit too easy to pull the panel out of the bracket (a large bundle of cables behind the panel, going into the ports, might be just enough to start pushing the panel out of the bracket. This may be mitigated by ensuring you run your cables out both ends (top and bottom, when used vertically) rather than having them all come up from the bottom. Also, while you can flip the panel around and mount it in the bracket while you punch the cables down, the force of punching each wire down is enough to shove the panel into the bracket past it's "hold" point. Doing so repeatedly will probably weaken it. I was much more comfortable laying the panel flat on a nearby work surface and punching there, but not all installations will have such an option.The punchdown block on the back of the panel is nicely color coded with both EIA/TIA 568a and 568b patterns that are easy to read, so those of us who don't do this every day don't have to try and remember the wire order.

Great patch panel, gets the job done at a great price. You really couldn't ask for a simpler, sturdier, more cut and dry patch panel. This is backwards compatible with Cat5e. In my setup, I have 7 Cat5e runs terminating in the back of the patch panel, Cat6 patch cords going to a Netgear 16 port Gigabit switch. At the time, it was too costly to run Cat6, I hope to one day do so. My setup consists of a Linksys WRT1900ACS in my office area upstairs where my cable modem comes in, and a Cat5e run that feeds the area you see in the picture. It is easy to run cabling to this room of the basement from anywhere in the house, so this is where all of the terminations come in. I have 3 TV areas (2 of which have dual cable runs), a bedroom and the main feed from upstairs, with plenty of room for expansion. I could also just as easily mount another patch panel (to the right of this picture) on the other side or just below this one if ever needed.The size of this panel allows for that flexibility.The color coding in the back for each port is very easy to read, my network uses the T568B standard, but it is color coded for both A and B. You do need an appropriate punchdown tool, my 110 punchdown tool did just fine. Make sure the blade is pointing in the right direction, outward of course. As you punch down, the excess copper should just fall. If not, you didn't do it right and that can lead to connection issues. Having a patch panel, properly punched down, and purchased patch cords is way better than making your own cables with RJ45 jacks. When you start talking Gigabit Ethernet, you need to use all 4 pairs, as opposed to Fast Ethernet which only uses 2 pairs. Going the punchdown route is much easier than making your own crimps. When I upgraded all of my equipment to Gigabit, I realized I have several improperly crimped RJ45 clips.This includes the mounting bracket, which is great to wall mount or in my case the top of a built in wooden shelf in my utility room/wine cellar.The space to label your terminations (where each cable run goes, you should coordinate this with some sort of jack numbering), is a little small, but that's to be expected with the compactness of this patch panel. I used a sharpie with a fine point side to label mine. Properly labeling your jacks and runs ensures easy troubleshooting or disconnecting the kids (or the wife).Expansion will be easy, just disconnect the patch cords and remove the panel from the mounting bracket, punch down any new lines, and re-seat in the bracket.If you're putting in a patch panel for your home or small office, look no further.

This patch panel fit the budget and physical space available, crucial in getting our network panel overhauled from the mess left by the electrician oh so many years ago.We used 3 of these patch panels to get our 33 in-room Cat5e drops all identically terminated to T568A at the network panel, a vast improvement from the prior mix of RJ45 connector terminations and hard-wires into a 66 phone block. And we used one additional patch panel for a DIY RJ45 6-port 2-line phone block ... with the 4 wires unneeded by the phone connection wired over to the other 6 ports of the patch panel to enable Fast Ethernet piggybacking over the shared Cat5e cable. (Requires either custom wiring at the in-room jack or use of a special RJ11/RJ45-FastE adapter.)The patch panel's color legend made punchdown a breeze (some identical models from other vendors have color legends much less useful), and the quality appears solid so far.

Terminated CAT6 cable to this with a punch tool. Tested all lines with my LinkRunner AT 1000 with WireView. Links go up at best negotiated speed. No dropped packets. Install was straight-forward.

Nice 12 port patch panel for my home. I didn't expect to come close to filling this up, but I actually have 9 of 12 ports filled. I don't think it's likely to get past 12 so this should be good for most average homes. Of course those with more serious networks and cable runs will likely have a rack with a larger rack mounted patch panel. Those homes without network racks will probably find 12 plenty. I am pretty impressed with the quality of the build. It is plastic, but the tolerances are pretty tight and all connections are solid. I've only punched down each port once so I can't speak to how it will hold up to repeat uses, but it seems solid enough. Fit my needs and expectations perfectly.