Keystone Couplers

I’m finally planning out my home network upgrade, replacing wireless APs, POE switch, and a router. This time, I’m moving my home servers and NAS to a different physical location separate of the networking hardware. I would like to use keystone couplers to keep everything clean looking which should make my wife very happy.

Community Questions:

  1. For home use, is there any reason to prefer punch down over male-to-male keystone couplers for 6 x 2.5Gb POE+ and 1 x 10Gb POE++?

  2. Are there particular brands or styles of keystone couplers that are better than others?

Note: I’m not set on the 10Gb POE++ connection — I can easily use a 50ft SPF+ cable and an external PSU if need be, but it won’t look as nice.

Honestly, there isn’t a reason to prefer punchdown at all.
The cost of pass through couplers is so low, you’ll thank yourself during the install for goin this route. Much less any later repairs.

There’s even less cross talk.

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Thank you for the quick reply, @TryTwiceMedia. It is greatly appreciated. I didn’t see a reason myself, but I am getting closer to retirement, and this is likely the last time I will be able to afford a full network upgrade. I figure if I can build a solid backbone now, incremental upgrades and repairs in retirement won’t hurt the pocket so much.

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I am using “Shiverpeaks” and “Rolink” keystone modules of various CAT and LC varieties.

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