{"id":3269,"date":"2025-12-05T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:10:21","slug":"patch-panel-finally-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2025\/12\/05\/patch-panel-finally-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch Panel Finally Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I purchased the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B0BDFBMC3V?th=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patch panel<\/a> from Amazon back in June of this year. Today I finally got around to installing it. One of the main reasons for the delay was that I had to properly ground the patch panel to an electrical outlet. I did this with an old PC power cable and solder the ground wire only to the metal frame of the patch panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the patch panel, I also purchased this wall mountable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B0CHVFC8S3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">network rack<\/a>. This 7U rack has enough room for our new 10Gbps networking equipment that I talked about in this <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2025\/09\/04\/10gbps-network-upgrade\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>. These included the <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.store.ui.com\/ca\/en\/products\/udm-pro-max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UDM Pro Max router \/ firewall<\/a>, and our 10Gbps networking upgrade with our new <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.store.ui.com\/ca\/en\/category\/switching-professional-max-xg\/products\/usw-pro-xg-10-poe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USW Pro XG 10 PoE switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also upgrade some of the satellite switches in the house with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.store.ui.com\/ca\/en\/category\/switching-utility\/products\/usw-flex-2-5g-8-poe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flex 2.5G PoE<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.store.ui.com\/ca\/en\/category\/switching-utility\/products\/usw-flex-2-5g-5?variant=usw-flex-2dot5g-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flex Mini 2.5G<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.store.ui.com\/ca\/en\/category\/switching-utility\/products\/usw-pro-xg-8-poe?variant=usw-pro-xg-8-poe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pro XG 8 PoE<\/a>;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So we went from this 1Gbps backbone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_4347-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Old 1Gbps house networking infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To this, 10Gbps backbone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-1024x755.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-1024x755.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-768x566.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-1536x1132.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-2048x1509.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/IMG_8965-1200x884.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New 10Gbps house networking infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the UDM Pro Max, we can have dual Internet Service Providers (ISP). We are currently using TelMax and Rogers with a 75% and 25% traffic split, respectively. If one goes down, the other automatically pickup all the traffic, so we have Internet redundancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UDM Pro Max allows us to have our old UDM Pro to be a cold stand-by in case the unit fails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think we can all agree that the latter 10Gbps system is much neater. I&#8217;m quite happy with the reorganization and the upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all of this, we now have the most current speed tests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.27-PM.png 684w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.27-PM-300x53.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The above shows the TelMax speed test.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.47-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.47-PM.png 702w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-12.35.47-PM-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The above shows the Rogers speed test.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is the first time that I register advertised speed with my TelMax subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now our household wired networking infrastructure is ready for WiFi 7 upgrade. That is a project for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased the patch panel from Amazon back in June of this year. Today I finally got around to installing it. One of the main reasons for the delay was that I had to properly ground the patch panel to an electrical outlet. I did this with an old PC power cable and solder the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2025\/12\/05\/patch-panel-finally-installed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Patch Panel Finally Installed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[67,28],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-networking","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6i8-QJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3281,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/3281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}