Reddit mentions of Cable Matters UL Listed 5-Pack Cat6 RJ45 Keystone Jack in-Line Coupler in White

Okay, I've read through the other comments and feel I still have something to contribute as I've just set this up for my parents and plan to run it at my place some time in the future.

• PoE Switch - If you want to use a PoE switch, you have to get the PRO APs, the LITE and LR only support passive PoE. I was lucky enough to have inherited a Cisco SG300-10 802.3at PoE+ Switch from my former employer when they shut down. It's very convenient to use, but not a necessity. The PoE Injectors that come with APs have a nice mounting plate so that you can attach them to the wall/shelf/what-have-you. If you're dead-set on using PoE, Netgear has some decent, inexpensive offerings. 8-port PoE without VLANs $80, 8-port PoE with VLANs $100. If you're running out of outlets, and are on a budget, I would suggest buying a bigger power strip (Belkin makes a nice one I've used in a lot of applications) (or, if you're moving to rack mount, a PDU plugged into a UPS)
  
  
  
  
• Patch Panel - For flexibility, what you'll want to look for is a keystone panel and then populate it with your own jacks as needed. (If you want to throw in Coax you can, and if you want/need a phone jack in there, just use another CAT5E)
  
  
• Rack - Based on what you said, I think you are looking for something like this? You could also look at making a lack rack, if you're into DIY.
  
  
• Additional thoughts - If you are sharing the internet connection with your tenants in the basement, you may want to look at using a "proper" firewall that can VLAN them onto their own subnet, and keep them out of your internal network (for security reasons). When I set up my parent's network, I put all of the "Internet of Things" devices (thermostat, sprinkler controller, solar monitor, etc) on their own subnet and VLAN because they are something that I have very little control of, and I see as being a big network risk. Just my $0.02
  
  Let me know if any of this didn't make sense to you.
  
  Cheers!
  
  Edit: additions in bold above

Hi all, thanks for the feedback, I decided to lick my wounds and just buy one one these, I can make the male connections without issues.

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Keystone-Line-Coupler/dp/B00WKPK1B6/ref=sr_1_15?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481508850&sr=1-15&keywords=female+to+female+cat+6

thanks for all your help.

What I effectively meant was buying these items:

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Keystone-Line-Coupler/dp/B00WKPK1B6/ref=pd_sim_23_92?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7KG188J5T6JDQWF4Y33E

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-20-Pack-Keystone-Inserts/dp/B01AYKR63O/ref=pd_sim_147_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01AYKR63O&pd_rd_r=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R&pd_rd_w=nmR9i&pd_rd_wg=TYs0U&psc=1&refRID=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Plate-6-Port-Keystone/dp/B00IO3HF8U/ref=pd_sim_147_13?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00IO3HF8U&pd_rd_r=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R&pd_rd_w=nmR9i&pd_rd_wg=TYs0U&psc=1&refRID=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-5-Pack-Gold-Plated-Keystone/dp/B0100R444U/ref=pd_sim_147_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0100R444U&pd_rd_r=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R&pd_rd_w=nmR9i&pd_rd_wg=TYs0U&psc=1&refRID=01GFYAHVW5HDP6W9N73R