Rich111

Thanks All I am going to take the hit and start cabling this week, going to use pre terminated cables to speed things up and use a pass through patch rack. I also looked at pre-bundled cables but could not find in cat5e only cat5 Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable (UTP), 12/16/24/48/100 pairs, Category 5, Solid, Indoor / Twisted pair cable / Cables / Catalog / Hyperline

Thanks Guys - I was hoping for some solution that would just allow me to run a couple of cables. I could keep a patch panel hidden in the Attic, but the switch, router etc needs to be moved, the closest thing I have found on the net is one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-POWERHOUSE-Gigabit-Plus-24-Port-RJ-45-Patch-Panel-/130539248928?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item1e64bedd20 I was thinking if I could join two together in someway, and control the patching from the garage. I am sure this can be done - just not sure how ?

Some years ago I wired a CAT5E home network - 24 RJ45 sockes around the house, feeding into a patch panel located in the Attic. Patch Panel then linked into Switch / PABX etc. All has worked fine, with only a few tweaks / additions. Issue is that I am now having an Attic conversion and need to relocate the patch panel to my garage. Question is do I need to extend 24 individual cables back to the garage. Or can I wire some type of fibre connection using one wire that will allow me to move the patch panel? A friend suggested that you can mirror patch panel to patch panel with one cable, and I could just crimp RJ45 connections onto the existing wiring and plug into this new panel that linked back to the garage? Totally confused - Help Please!