Cable Matters Rackmount or Wall Mount 2U 48 Port Keystone Patch Panel with Cable Management and Support Bar (19-inch Blank Patch Panel for Keystone Jacks/Keystone Panel)

for a new project never did a rack before, this made it look professional and clean.

Cleaned up my home network data rack with this patch panel and Cat 6 jacks from the same vendor.

Well worth it for the money

Installation went well in my rack. Terminated 18 drops of cat6 using cable matters keystones, cut the extra wire flush using flush cutters. The keystones set too close to each other to where the bare ends on the sides of the keystones short out against each other.

Works Great

I use this unit all the time and have never had any issues. I have used multiple keystone jacks from multiple vendors and they snap in and stay in.

This is a nice keystone patch panel. My only gripe is it says CAT6. Nothing about this makes it CAT6 compatible. I would rather it not have this text.

I previously bought the older patch panel where you have to crimp the wires directly to it. Thats painful to do, uncomfortable, and subject to problems when youre trying to manoeuvre the panel around a tight area with limited cable lengths and room for error - I had a few cables get loose a few times due to exerted pressure because of that. However, this new one is DEFINITELY worth 5 stars in my eyes. Its so much easier to setup. You just hook your keystones to your cables, whilst sitting comfortably sipping your home brew, and clip them onto the panel when done. You can clip them off, move them around, untangle the cables, et al.

These were great for the clients budget and work for their growing network. ONLY PROBLEM is (as stated by another here) - The Keystone blanks are to close to each other. Once you get the wires punched down and into the blocks and CLOSELY trimmed the wire sticking out from the neighboring block are so close the exposed ends touch. I was able to put electrical tape over the exposed ends to cover them and not allow the next door wires make contact. YES I used the CABLE MATTERS blocks - 180005x25-BLK [UL Listed] Cable Matters 25-Pack Cat6 RJ45 Keystone Jack (Cat 6 / Cat6 Keystone Jack) in Black with Keystone Punch-Down Stand

The paint is a non conductive paint which means that jacks will not be properly terminated on this panel. I would need to run a ground wire to sort this out. Had I known I would have purchased something else, my bad for not doing more research though. Writing this so other might not have to go through my trouble.