110 TERMINATION FOR A PATCH PANEL

[JCROCCO]

Looking to wire a new office, and looking for patch panels, wires, etc.

looking to use cat5E, unless should use cat6, and the patch panels say 110 termination.

What is that?

How easy is it to wire a patch panel? I have done connectors, but not punch downs or patch panels. Is it easy to do? Special tools for it?

Also, alot was said about "doing the wiring right" to achieve gig on cat5E. What is meant by done right? will it work at all if done wrong?

Thanks

 

[Jon855]

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[bwnv]

That means it's a 110 block, and you would buy a 110 punch down tool to punch down the wires.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: JCROCCO
Looking to wire a new office, and looking for patch panels, wires, etc.

looking to use cat5E, unless should use cat6, and the patch panels say 110 termination.

What is that?

How easy is it to wire a patch panel? I have done connectors, but not punch downs or patch panels. Is it easy to do? Special tools for it?

Also, alot was said about "doing the wiring right" to achieve gig on cat5E. What is meant by done right? will it work at all if done wrong?

Thanks

1)Gig uses all 4 pairs of wires. 10/100 uses 2 pair. You can hose up the unused pairs in a 10/100 network and be none the wiser, so long as the 2 are done right. The odds of messing up a gig setup are therefore much higher.
2)Proper bend radius and wiring practices are crucial for getting true gigabit performance. It really needs to test to spec. A 10/100 network can "get by" with more sloppy practices than a gig network.