This is slightly off-topic, but applicable (I think) ;-)
Where I work, we recently built a 1million $ a/v center.  Inside,
there is a Cisco Catalyst Switch (4U?, I don't know the model number
at the moment) which is VERY noisy.

I am wiring up some RJ45 network sockets for the first time. (MK
Electric part K5845 - available in UK)
If the pins in the front of the socket are numbered 1-8 left to right,
then the corresponding connections on the IDC block on the rear are

We have problems sending out data (emails with attachments, ftp
transfers etc...) from our ethernet network.  We have full download
speeds of over 5mbps, but our upload speeds are >100kbps.
We are receiving our internet connection from another building in the

Is there such a thing as an lockable encasement or something similar
for a patch panel?  We may have to share a cabling/rack room with
another tenant in our building and I'd like to make sure that nobody
else can plug into or remove things from our panel.  If you know who

I have 20 home run cat6 wires in my basement. I was planning to
connect all 20 cables to a patch panel, 4 of the 20 cables will
dedicated for voice. In order to get voice I was planning to use cat
5e wire and connected one end to the patch panel and and the other to