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Ive done and what I do is use silver satin cords from the module to the patch panel .

i make them long enough to reach any port on the patch panel

no mistaking one for a lan cable , I mark the silver satin cord with the partner ext number so there is no qustion that ext 24 is pluggged into port 36 and the customer dosnt need to try to figure out which is which

Ditto Hal.......

The more efforts that go into making an environment easy for a "geek" to work with is just an invitation for the "geek" to do his majic. Let a true technician make the network connection active and the "geek" can do his thing from a keyboard. I've never seen a "geek" friendly environment yet that didn't end up a freakin mess..............

There is a reason com rooms have a lock on the door!
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The only real problem I see with 6p6c or 4p4c connectors on a patch panel is that in the instance they deside to use the voice port as a data port (with was the intent to begin with). They may find that the patch panel is damaged. What I mean is the connector is too small for the 8p8c connection and the sides of the 4p4c or 6p6c have a bad habit of bending 12/78 or 23/67 pins making them unusable unless of course you have a spudger with a pick end.

wrichey
I have seen women manage to force a line cord into a mmj jack on the bottom of the phone that was intended for an add on module . A BFH must be one other item they carry in their purse . You are right about the 4p4c damaging a 8 pin patch panel . The connection is so loose you can almost rotate the 4p4c cord 45 degrees .