TRENDnet 16-Port Cat6 Unshielded Wallmount or Rackmount Patch Panel, Compatible with Cat 3/4/5/5e/6 Cabling, TC-P16C6

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Needed a basic cat6 patch panel for my home and this one fit the bill nicely.The plastic punchdown connectors on the back are good, thick plastic, and I have no issues terminating any wires. There are 2 "banks" of pins, which means you end up running 4 Ethernet cables along each "end" of a bank to get 16 cables into it, which gets a bit tight, but the placement of the holes to fasten zap straps is good and holes the cables firmly without any risk of pulling out your terminated ends.Happy with this one.

I have bought 2 of these now. I found them to be pretty easy to use. Don't use a 110 blade, it was a Krone blade on the punchdown tool - at least that is what worked best for me.Makes your life a lot easier.My biggest annoyance is a little one - the white boxes for marking the circuit on the front are REALLY small. I ended up using a label maker to make tag type labels for the patch cables and marking the circuit number & then what it was connected to. It looks less tidy to do it that way, but it makes it easier to read the label & also if I need to change anything, it is not difficult.Like I said, not a big problem.Background: Engineer, teaching myself about network hardware & DIY network buildI wasn't compensated with any discounts or anything else to write this review, so what you get is honest unbiased truth as I see it. :-)

All pieces included for a nice neat job. Wire color indicators could be better, but never had any issues. Very basic, no fold down hinge, so you have to remove the strip or access it from the rear of your rack.

This is not a long term durability, or even an ease of use / performance review, but rather an out of the box fit and finish, visible features type review. I have yet to install mine, so I cannot do the others yet. I WILL update this to reflect ease of installation, performance, and eventually, durability when I get this all installed and in production.I purchased this as a replacement to an old no name brand wall mounted 12 port keystone panel. My home network had grown to the point where 16 ports were needed, and well structured wiring was a must have. I started with TrendNET with their desktop 8 port gigabit switch, and have since grown my network using their stuff, and have been generally quite pleased.Upon receiving the package from Amazon with the patch panel, I unpackaged it to investigate post shipping condition. The contents were well packaged, plastic wrapping over the outside of a sturdy fitted cardboard box, with the product inside the box protected with bubble wrap, dessicant bags, and reasonable care packing it all up.Removing the panel from the box I found the following items in the box.#1. 16 port patch panel assembly.#2. 2 cable keeper clips.#3. 4 skinny white zip ties.#4. Instruction sheet.The instruction sheet was clearly labelled, and written well enough to understand what was being asked of the installer.The patch panel assembly looks very well made, fit and finish on the whole thing is clean, smooth and consistent. On par with the Leviton panels I have used in many paid networking jobs. There are no rough edges, finish runs, or thin spots, no orange peel to the finish, no casting irregularities to the plastics, none of that.Flip it over to the 110 board side of things, and thought that went into the build becomes more apparent. Color coding for the A and B standards are clearly marked, and there is ample room for even a hamfisted installer to manipulate the wires into the slots and punch them down. The inclusion of the cable keeper clips was a big concern I have. Other MFGs low $$ patch panels do not include any means of managing the cables themselves, and the cables are thus hung off the back leaving the 110 board to support the weight of the cables, NOT a good thing. This panel included the keepers to allow the keeper to support the weight of the cables, keeping the stress off of the 110 board, and thus insuring better durability of the connection, and the board itself.With the quailty and performance I have seen from the rest of my TrendNET gear, if this works as well as I expect it to, and meters out properly, this will become my go to panel for my budget conscious clients.