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Reddit mentions of TRENDnet 8-Port Cat5/5e Unshielded Patch Panel, TC-P08C5E, Wallmount or Rackmount, 10 Inch Wide, 8 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet Ports, 100 Mhz Connection, Color Coded Labeling, 110 IDC Terminal Blocks
Sentiment score: 3
Reddit mentions: 5
We found 5 Reddit mentions of TRENDnet 8-Port Cat5/5e Unshielded Patch Panel, TC-P08C5E, Wallmount or Rackmount, 10 Inch Wide, 8 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet Ports, 100 Mhz Connection, Color Coded Labeling, 110 IDC Terminal Blocks. Here are the top ones.
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Designed for Category 5e cablingCertified for 100 MHz connection to 8 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet ports10 inch wide patch panel is well suited for home and SMB applicationsIncludes cable management holders, tie, and port labelsUse with TRENDnet TC-PDT Punch Down Tool, B0000AZK4DUse with TRENDnet TC-CT68 RJ-11/RJ-45 crimp/cut/strip tool, B0000AZK4G
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 1.2 Inches |
| Length | 10 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 8 Port Cat 5e |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Width | 1.7 Inches |
Pull the cable free from each of those grey blocks. Punch each cable down on your new Patch Panel with the tool. This video will help you. Set your 8 port Switch inside that box. Run one of the Patch Cables you purchased to each port on the Switch to each port on the Patch Panel that you punched cable down on. Connect your switch to your cable modem, dsl modem... whatever you use for internet. Power on the Switch. You should be good to go for under $100 and no more than an hours work.
If you want, message me and I will help you with the install.
They may be using an rj45 keystone but that is most definitely not cat5 or cat6 (Ethernet) cable. First off Ethernet cable has 4 pairs... So 8 copper wires(orange white, orange, green white, blue, blue white, green,brown white, brown jacket colors). From what I see there's only 4 single cables present here...
I've not got a damn clue what this is... Some electrician may have tried to save a few bucks and used cable they already had for something...
What's more perplexing is that they terminated it in that block. I'm truly at a loss and I've done networking for quite some time....
Edit: theoretically you can use that cable and get 10/100 mbps out of it. But since you're missing half the pairs your not going to get gbps. It is wired into the keystone to support 100mbps if I'm reading it right...
Edit 2: in that configuration you'll never get them to talk, the only option i know of that may get you a result is clipping those terminators of, punching the wires into a patch panel like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SSX1Q6 , then hooking the patchpanel up to a switch. Based on your picture light blue is orange-white, people is orange, white is blue-white and blue is blue.
Edit 3: i think the other guy is right.
Looks like this. You terminate the wires into this, and then use a male to male patch cable to connect your wiring to your switching.
So you're saying I add something like this to the panel:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SSX1Q6/ref=twister_B00TS85WWQ?_encoding=UTF8&th=1
And then the daisy chained outlets with two cables (I believe the one in my pictures is an example of that), I terminate with 2 RJ-45s, and can plug it into itself if I don't want to use that outlet, but would prefer to use an outlet further down the line? If I do want to use the outlet, I need a switch at the outlet? What does that look like? Thanks for your help.
What you want to use is keystone jacks, where you terminate the cable and it leaves a female connector.
See https://www.cableorganizer.com/learning-center/how-to/how-to-wire-keystone-jack.htm
If you want to do it really right, you'll also put a patch panel in your attic; see https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Unshielded-Wallmount-Rackmount-TC-P08C5E/dp/B003SSX1Q6
This will leave the cabling "in place" and allow you to connect and utilize any end point equipment or switches you want.