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From: andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Patch Panels
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.232242.13903@jhereg.osa.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 23:22:42 GMT
References: <5408@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: Open Systems Architects, Inc., Mpls, MN
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In article <5408@mindlink.UUCP> Andrew_Tuline@mindlink.UUCP (Andrew Tuline) writes:
>I read a message about RJ-45's in and a 50-pin out.  Not having followed
>this thread of messages, I may be confused, but:
>
>AMP has a new patch panel (not in their catalogue) p/n 556905-1 that has
>a 50 pin connector on the back, RJ-45's on the front, and is 10BASE-T
>compatible.  That is, only 2 pairs are used for each RJ-45.  This number
>is for a 48 port patch panel.

A 48 port patch panel has to have 4 50-pin connectors on the back, for
10baseT. Each 50-pin only connects 12 ports. (12 ports * 2 pair * 2 wires =
48 pins out of 50)
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