NavePoint 4U Patch Panel Bracket Wall Mount Patch Panel Rack for 19” Networking Equipment – Expandable Mounting Depth 9.5” to 15.5” 4U IT Rack 40lbs Weight Capacity

I had this entirely installed only to realize it does not have the standard square hole keepers to mount. Not only that but each of the holes needed to be re-threaded. I don't know if this will support my server with the lame threaded holes on the front face. I may have to put bolts from the back and nuts on the outside.Photos show empty rack and tapping the threads. Second photo shows populated rack with temporary wiring. I still need to run fiberoptic 10G trunk, and video camera cables to this new location.The only reason I bought this rack was it had the depth to carry a 2U server that needed a depth of 15". With max extension it goes 15.25 inches and works with a 90 deg plug computer cable. I was so thrilled to see it met the depth requirement, I neglected to note the problems it had with poor design.I spent a lot of time mounting this, custom fabricating holes to hang it.Not enough screws were provided, and one of those was missing the top of the screw, instead of a pan head it is more of a flat head and completely unsuitable for this application. So I received 9 screws. For a 4U application, typically you might need 16 screws. This is particularly frustrating because I have lots of square nuts with keepers and the associated screws. I will see if those will fit, but I'm reluctant to drill and tap the holes to a larger size, if that is the case.I feel it is a major fail to not laser cut square holes in the front face.Finally, I feel that front face area is a bit thin on the sheet metal.I was able to secure my 2U server and now that everything is screwed together it feels ok. I'm still short a few screws for my patch panel. I can live with that. If I had to do it over again. I would rather choose something better and modify it than deal with the issues on this one..

I installed this above my OnQ enclosure in the laundry room where my patch panel is, so I needed low profile and the adjustability is awesome for minimizing excess depth.I was initially a little reticent to pick a rack with threaded post mounts instead of one that uses cage nuts. I wouldn't worry about it in the future, the UPS holds firm, doesn't sag and I felt nowhere near stripping the threads.I did find the existing mounting hardware to be severely lacking, and instead used some 2" lag screws into the wall studs and it's rock solid.In it I have a CyberPower 500kva UPS, metal finger duct, Unifi Dream Machine Pro, and Unifi POE 16 (150w) switch. It holds everything very well and I have no major complaints.

The screws that came with it for mounting equipment in the rack are metric but the holes on the wings are tapped for 8-32. Trying to adjust the depth was easy, but the metal is so thin that the threads for the screws strip without much torque or else they were already stripped. Worse is that it came with a label on the box thanking me for giving it a second life. What? was this a returned product that was just resold? I'm returning it too.

The bracket itself is good. The problem was the screws to hold in the computer equipment didn’t fit the front holes. I went to the hardware store and tried all the metric and standard machine screws and none fit. The closest was the #8-32 standard screws. But they were loose and would not fully tighten.

Not bad at all. It is not a very commercial solid unit, but it fits the need in a much affordable way.