…What should have been a plug-and-play network fix turned into days of troubleshooting, revealing that only some of my sockets could even connect between the two adapters. It might have…
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…A small label on the face of each one that says "office desk," "TV cabinet," "garage freezer," etcetera, takes seconds to apply and eliminates an entire category of troubleshooting confusion. Patch panel…