[technoboy18]

Hi guys,

My company is moving premises and this is what I have found. Top and bottom parts seem to be patch panels? (I really have no idea what they are but I did Google it)

We will be having brand new server and I am just wondering what I would need to do to get this all working?

I have found 10 wall cat 5e sockets and I have used two laptops with static ip address and plugging one into wall socket and other one using ethernet cable into correct port on patch panel just to get them to communicate. For some reason if I plug into socket labeled 1 into port 1 they seem to communicate but if i plug into wall socket labeled 1 and into port 2 of patch panel I can't get ping to work.

Observation: There are number of ethernet cables hanging lose from top and bottom patch panels but middle was empty.
Hardware:

Top (no marking 12 ports)
Middle (Krone 24 ports)
Bottom (BICC Brand-rex 24 ports)

I hope photos help. Am I missing a switch in this configuration? Because if it was switch I wouldn't be so confused but with these devices I am not sure what I need to do in order to get fully functional network.

Please let me know if there is any other information you would like me to provide.