I can now see though what you want. Once I did a solution involving separate formations for data and phone, the contractor partitioning the office block was worked out that we are pulling too much cable. Henceforth we decided we'll only use single cable for both phone and pc connections. This reduces the number of cables assuming you are doing a large office. You also save on the cost of cabling thus reducing the overall budget. For smaller installations, you can pull as many cables as you want. For IP phones, the set up is straight forward, everything will run from the patch panel. For Analogue phones, ensure the discase is in the cabinet (for wall mounted cabinets) and that the PBX is adjacent to the cabinet, so that very few cables are lying around. Osotsi On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Shadrack Mwaniki <shadrack_mwaniki@yahoo.com
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*What i am still yet to grasp is the advantages of this approach as opposed to the standard way two cables, data and voice terminating at the dual wall plate.
Troubleshooting also becomes complicated especially if you are to change the patch panel Moreover, the assumption is every user shall have an IP phone, what of situations where we have a workstation with users sharing the headset?*