Black Box CAT7 Patch Panel, 1U, 24-Port

Hello, and thanks for visiting. Today we're going to go over how to punch down a networking patch panel. Now, don't forget to also check out our YouTube channel for other videos as far as, like, how to make an ethernet cable, or how to terminate a fiber optic cable, product videos, anything low voltage networking. Check us out. Other than that, let's get to it. Okay, so we're going to start off with our Cat5e cable. Now, this is a four pair, 24 gauge cable. And let's go ahead ... Tools you're going to need, one of the tools, a little pair of electrician snips, and we're going to go ahead and cut some of this off. Now once the jacket is removed, you'll notice there's a pull string in here. We're going to want to pull some of that back. The reason why we're pulling some of this back is sometimes with your snips around the point of your cut, you'll cut into the sheath over the copper cond