Sorry for a possibly dumb question. So I'm getting ready to wire my house up for gigabit in the next few days, and one guide I came across mentioned a patch panel being optional. That got me trying to ...

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 ...

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