dvv wrote:
Thanks for your advice Dimitar, but I don't have the money, nor am I in need a patch panel or a switch of that budget. I am merely a student who can't afford such equipment. Besides, we just got four PCs in the house here, so I don't really need an entire patch panel for just four PCs ;)Jorn Argelo writes:
Bill Sawyer wrote:
Hey all,
I need to come up with a good solution for managing cables. Basically, I've got a $500 budget, and about 26 systems to deal with. I have ten wires that I'll be dealing with. The PC sits on top of the desktop, and cables are fed through a hole in the desk to a power strip on the ground. All the peripherals are also on the desk, and those wires are haphazardly spilling out behind the computer.
I know my verbal description won't necessarily help too much when it comes to picking a solution, but I'd like to hear what products and solutions any of you use. Any ideas will be helpful.
Thanks,
Bill Sawyer
Information Systems
Six Flags St. Louis
(636) 938-5300 x. 231
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Hi Bill,
I got a similair problem as you have. Since my sister is moving out of the house I am moving over to her room. Now I reckoned that I should just hang a big cable gutter (gutter, pipe, or however you call those things) right below my desk, and _hopefully_ all the network cables and cables for three PCs fit right in there. If they don't fit all, too bad then, but at least I got a bunch cables away from sight.
Anyway, I hope this can help you a bit.
Cheers,
Jorn
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Google/e-bay on structure cabling, patch panels - $100 roughly, nice switches - $100-300 or more. The more expensive are managed and are better: For example Surecom Switch 24Port10/100 & 2Port10/100/1000, EP-726DG-L, Management is a good one. It costs about 300usd in my country. Check other options from lower classes - pure 10/100mbit managed switches and other vendors also.
Pick several kinds of colour duck tape to mark the cables so that you can recognize them easily in the panel and a stand from Home Depot to put the boxes on. If you have place for the boxes, spent the rest of your budget on beverages of your taste. You will need them during your network setup.
Enjoy!
Dimitar
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Main point is, I want to get rid of VGA cables, power cables, PS2 cables, USB cables etcetera. So I have more use of a big cable gutter then a patch panel.
Cheers,
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