Author: Jacqui Caren Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Advert> Fwd: [freecycleportsmouth] OFFERED - 24 way
RJ45 Patch Panel - Waterlooville
Jamie Webb wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 07:17:40PM +0000, Cayenne-uk wrote:
>
>>Thanks for that. Whilst many things things spring to mind that I could say,
>>perhaps it is safest to simply say that I am dumbfounded. I shall certainly
>>be careful with the Shift Key in future! :)
>>
>>Anyway, would it be useful to the LUG and has anyone made steps to claim it?
>
>
> I'm not quite sure how it would be useful... the only purpose of a
> patch panel is to terminate lots of fixed wiring. I don't think the
> LUG has any office buildings that need LANs installing.
Some of us do have home networks - and a couple of patch panels (in the
attic for me) is a cheap way of configuring wall sockets to
networks/services. An example a spare bedroom leaves the internal
network and enters the guest zone if we ever rent it out :-)
