Sorry if this is a dumb question but Google didn't really yield great results. A bit of background. I've just had my house wired with Cat6. There's a bunch of outlets scattered around the house and ...

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 ...

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