I was in an office today that had probably 100 incoming drops they all went into a patch panel, then out into their switches. The wires were a mess for one, but why do people do this? I realize then can easily plug someone from switch to another, but thats an awful lot of cable to run, alot of it had to be out to the max distance too.
Why would they do this instead of running a star? You only have to run one cable between your switches, then to each PC. Not having each and every damn PC run ALL the way into the server room independantly, you still gotta go into a switch or router, so why not sooner than later I figure.
Why would they do this instead of running a star? You only have to run one cable between your switches, then to each PC. Not having each and every damn PC run ALL the way into the server room independantly, you still gotta go into a switch or router, so why not sooner than later I figure.