The key to solving most of these difficulties, is to choose the most efficient means of housing and mounting the network components in a central location. The wiring closet comes in pieces, with a skeleton that fits together. The assembler mounts the outer walls on to the skeleton. The technician then drills holes into the panels and mounts the various datacom devices by screw or another similar fixture. The cables connect to the installed devices through the rear of the closet.
Panel mounting holds several advantages over the stand-alone model.
Fixing the devices to the inside of a wiring closet reduces clutter significantly, providing a more efficient workspace. There are also disadvantages, however. The process of drilling holes of precise alignment and identical depth, then mounting datacom devices by screw absorbs a large number of man-hours. Once the system is entirely set up and wired together, the technician cannot simply add a new position to the existing termination point. Instead, he must disassemble and then reassemble the entire connection.