Labthrift Labthrift What to buy. What to skip. Why.

Written 23 Aug 2026. Specs from the NavePoint card. Street from named snaps. I haven't loaded this face.

A blank face for jacks you buy separately: NavePoint keystone panel

A blank face for jacks you buy separately. The TRENDnet punch-down stays the Cat6 default. 10-inch is a skinny wall cabinet. Skip this unless you need HDMI, USB, fiber, or coax in the same 1U.

SKU 00407268 is a 10-inch 12-port keystone plate for the NavePoint 6U. 0.461 × 10 × 1.764 in. ANSI/TIA/EIA 568B. Maker store $27.59 this pass. Walmart (sold by NavePoint) printed the same dollar. Amazon B0CH1H22VY is live. No jacks in the box. TC-P12C6 is twelve Cat6 punches, 110 or Krone, maker $28.59.

The modular panel looks like the flexible buy next to the cabinet. It is a faceplate. You still buy twelve keystones, or a mix of HDMI / USB / coax / fiber, and you still terminate each one. For a closet of Cat6 drops that is more SKUs and more dollars than one punch-down. Depth 0.461 in will hang in the NavePoint 7 in max mount with room left. Width is the real 10-inch / 254 mm, not a 19-inch blank keystone sold as “compact.”

Newegg item 2BA-001H-002H7 is the same card; no clean street dollar on this fetch. Print the live tag. The STP punch-down sibling is 00407266, also a skip for most closets.

What to buy

PanelWhat it isStreet, 23 Aug 2026Buy if
The TRENDnet TC-P12C6 V212-port Cat6 unshielded punch-down, 10 inch / 254 mm. 110 or Krone. Named 10-inch panel.Maker $28.59 this pass. See that note.The NavePoint 6U is already the job and the drops are Cat6. Default.
NavePoint 00407268Blank 12-port keystone face, 10 inch / 254 mm, 1U. No jacks included. Amazon B0CH1H22VY.Maker $27.59. Walmart $27.59 sold by NavePoint. Amazon listing live. Newegg 2BA-001H-002H7, no clean dollar this pass.You need HDMI, USB, fiber, or coax in the same 1U, and you will buy the keystones. Not a Cat6 default.
Cable Matters 18001012-port Cat6, 19-inch 1U. Right panel for the StarTech 12U. Wrong width here.See that note. Catalog $29.99 last snap.You stayed on 19-inch. That is most closets.

Skip

Skip 00407268 because the face is empty and the dollar looks close to TC-P12C6. Skip it as a “starter” panel you will fill later with random keystones. Skip 19-inch blank keystone faces sold next to this one. You still need a punch-down or a keystone tool depending on what you load; the empty face does not replace the Klein VDV427-300 for Cat6 IDC. Used eBay lots are out. I haven't loaded a 00407268.

Sources

NavePoint 10 Inch Wide 12-Port Modular Patch Panel (SKU 00407268; maker $27.59 this pass; blank 12-port keystone, ANSI/TIA/EIA 568B, 0.461 × 10 × 1.764 in, in stock). Walmart ($27.59 this pass, sold by NavePoint). Amazon B0CH1H22VY (listing live). Newegg 2BA-001H-002H7 (same card; no clean dollar this pass). TRENDnet TC-P12C6 note (maker $28.59). Street moves. Print the live tag.

Also on this topic

The 10-inch 12-port Cat6 panel for the skinny cabinet: TRENDnet TC-P12C6The 19-inch Cable Matters will not hang here. This 10-inch 12-port is the Cat6 default. Skip the shielded 10-inch panel for the TRENDnet 12: NavePoint CAT6 STPShielded and Krone-only, about $18 more than the TRENDnet. The punch-down stays the 10-inch default. Four fewer punches to save a few dollars: TRENDnet TC-P08C6Four fewer punches to save a few dollars. The 12-port stays the 10-inch default. 10-inch mini rack for a closet that is not 19-inchBuy 10-inch only if the wall is the constraint. NavePoint 6U is the named start.