To digress slightly -

Does anyone remember a "patch by exception" panel. I seem to remember seeing one years ago. As I recall it bridged Port 1 to Port A (or something similar) but the automatic patching was overriden by inserting a patch cord. It made for a very clean room.

Now that I think about it I was looking into getting them when I was at the Bank (12 years ago!) We had a lot of non-pc equipment that had to be patched and I was considering it for that. Perhaps it wasn't Cat-5?

Sorry for hijacking the thread. The idea of simplicity and neatness in patch panels awakened old brain cells.

Sam

"Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"