Sorry for a possibly dumb question. So I'm getting ready to wire my house up for gigabit in the next few days, and one guide I came across mentioned a patch panel being optional. That got me trying to ...

Wiring vendor used some of the worst panels we've ever seen (can't get reliable connections with reinserting patch cables, can't even test jacks reliably because of the inability to get reliable ...

Remember that one time the cable you grabbed from the box was exactly the right length for the run from patch panel to server shelf? What if every patch cable you picked up were just the right length?