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Old 2008-03-19, 03:31 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Dean View Post
[thread derail]Nothing wrong with punch down block as long as they are 110, not 66 blocks. 110s should be Cat6 certified. Just cross connect your data lines to a patch panel as needed. Patch panels don't work well for POTS connections due to the shared nature. Patch panels are best for point to point data connections.[/td]
The punch down ties all the cat5 wires into 4 pairs of serial connections. It's pretty useless for networking to have each outlet physically connected to every other outlet. I need a punch down panel that allows point-to-point RJ45 routing.

This is what I have:


This is what I need (but with an additional RJ45 patch sub-panel):
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