Info about Desktop Computers
What is a wall plate?
Also called a faceplate, it is a cabling fixture attached to a wall in a work area for connecting computers to the network.
Wall plates are generally used in work areas to enable desktop computers to be connected to the network. The wall plates connect to the building's structured wiring system, and the computers connect to the wall plate by a short unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable called a drop cable.
Wall plates come in mono-port, dual-port, and quad- port configurations, generally with RJ-45 jacks, which resemble household RJ-11 telephone wall jacks but are larger and have more wires. These RJ-45 jacks are typically used when networks are running Ethernet or Fast Ethernet. Other less common types of jacks include SC jacks for networks that use fiber-optic cabling, and BNC jacks for legacy 10Base2 networks.
The back end of the jacks, in a wall plate typically connects to a horizontal cable that runs inside the wall or through a false ceiling or floor. This horizontal table terminates at a patch panel in the wiring closet on that floor, and vertical cabling running through elevator shafts or vertical rises connects wiring on different floors to switches in the main equipment room in the basement.