|  | 9.6 | Basics of Wiring Closets and Patch Panels
| 9.6.1 | Wiring closet
A wiring closet serves as a central junction point for the wiring and wiring equipment used to connect devices in a local area network (LAN). It is the center point of a star topology. A wiring closest can either be a specially designed room or cabinet. Normally, the equipment in a wiring closet includes: patch panels wiring hubs bridges switches routers
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