Jimmie Mack
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
Used this for some wireless access point terminations. The wire punched down readily. They ran thru cable tester without any issues
AvgJoe
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024
I have 2 places in my new home where I could not place plenum boxes for Ethernet drops due to structural elements being in the way. Both are up high and to be used for Access Points. These surface mount boxes should work just fine for those applications. Not too worried about shielding - the WAPs are in areas where there's not going to be too much interference - which is a good thing, because, as others have noted, the punchdown block is NOT shielded, even though the jack is.
Elmo&CookieMonster
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2024
Simple, easy to use, pretty standard setup for punchdown block style termination.Each of the 5 dual port blocks come with instruction sheet, screws, and a bit of copper tape.The instructions (German and English) don't mention the copper tape at all.I would assume if using shielded cable it would be used to complete grounding at the one, but without explicit instructions one is left to wonder.
Josh
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2024
I've done a lot of cable and network termination in my time, so I'm not a complete idiot, but I couldn't get these to work at all... and I'm not sure why. They seem to be fine on inspection, but after trying to hook one of these up, I was completely unable to get a link light. Taking this out and putting an RJ45 end on the same cable and it worked just fine.Maybe it was operator error, but I gave up on using these.
TM
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
These are great little network ports to mount on a wall or other surfaces rated up to Cat6. So won't provide peak performance but will do for most home applications. I used it to hook up a media player in my kids room by running a cable along the base boards and installing this box above. Looks clean with a low profile. Five stars from me.
Kenny
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
Purchase Date Nov 09, 20241 Port Shielded Network Surface Mount Box Compatible with UTP Cat6/Cat5e/Cat5 Stranded or Solid Network Cables(1 Port) Brand: PBAEGAVStyle: 1 PortCompatible Devices LaptopConnector Type RJ45Color WhiteBrand PBAEGAVItem Weight 50 GramsThere were 5 units in the package.I removed the circuit board from the case and none of the pins were soldered.Other than that all looked OK.Have not had time to use them, but I did solder all the connections.
JB
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024
Ordered these PBAEGAV 1 Port Shielded Network Surface Mount Box Compatible with UTP Cat6/Cat5e/Cat5 to use when I have to add a jack and dont want to use a low voltage box and go with an in wall option. I read the other review claiming these are not shielded, I'm curious what extra shielding they expect there to be on a simple jack. It cant be independently grounded and it does have a metal contact where the sheath of the wire would be, so wouldn't it be grounded if you put the metal sheath in contact with that metal plate? Perhaps the manufacturer can address the shielding and ground path. Most engineers ground only on the source end anyway. The TIA A vs B standard is a little bit hard to read and decipher compared to jacks that have all the connections in a straight line. I tested one with my lan validator and it worked fine.
August
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2024
This review is for the PBAEGAV brand of -unshielded- surface mount box (5 pack). Network engineer here. I know my surface mount boxes, and I run a 100% shielded network. So now I know that they are only referring to shielding around the connection interface, but not the entire device namely the punchdown area. Given that the wires traversing the punchdown area are not twisted, they are particularly vulnerable to RF interference, and need to be shielded if this box is being advertised as shielded. So all 5 were round-filed as they are unusable in my shielded ethernet network.