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 I'm going to do my wiring closet up - sick of hubs everywhere and ethernet strung across the kitchen floor. I'd like to set it up with a 24 port patch panel, and a 110 punchdown block for all ...

Remember that one time the cable you grabbed from the box was exactly the right length for the run from patch panel to server shelf? What if every patch cable you picked up were just the right length?

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 ...