Leviton 49605-28W 28 Wireless Structured Media Center with Vented Cover, White

I was a Telecom technician for over 5 years, and I have been a controls electrician for the last 6. I work in controls panels, and used to work in smart panels all day. I was used to seeing Open House and Legrand smart panels for the most part, but when I went to buy my own, I bought Leviton without much research, because it’s what first to came up on Amazon for a plastic panel (I’m putting my wifi router in it) and I trusted them as an electrician. I finally got around to installing my own Structured Media Enclosure / Smart Panel in my own home, and I am very unimpressed. The Leviton hole spacing is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from EVERY OTHER BRAND! That means all my Beldan, Open House and Legrand parts DO NOT FIT without modification. EVERY OTHER PANEL I have worked on had the same mounting hole spacing. If you buy this panel, you will be stuck using Leviton parts, which are easily DOUBLE the price of every other brand. I had purchased this panel so long ago it was too late to return it, so I ended up spending around $400 in extra accessories that I already had for literally any other brand of panel. Shame on Leviton for making their product proprietary. Avoid this product all together and look for literally any other brand.

Easy to install and mounted nicely between two studs. Was the perfect size to put the box for our frame TV and I now have no wires in the wall since it accommodates an outlet.

Shelves sold separately. I put this in the wall where my fiber was dropped. Having room for the power supply was an issue, I would recommend the thin line from Cyberpower (it fits). The plastic will bend a little when installing, but its a network panel, to be somewhat expected. I also recommend command strips for installing small units like my raspberry pi (pi-hole ad-block). I also had an electrician come out and run power to the plates in the bottom. All in all this was a great purchase and I do recommend.

I bought the 28 enclosure with vented hinged cover and bought the trim ring separately. It was installed in a new construction home and installation went fine. Lots of room inside and plenty of knock-outs. I installed an outlet in the bottom and a small strip surge protector will plug into to to power all the components. I was about to buy the Leviton surge protector outlet but it can not be reset after it trips. I would recommend the media enclosure to anyone.

Our home came with an 18” on metal Onq box. It was not big enough for the 20 ethernet cables, 20 coax cables, and speaker wires. Upgrading was easy but I did choose to install the tabs on the drywall instead of trying to seat the box flush. The end look is still relatively clean (it’s in a broom closet) and made it incredibly easy to just cut the drywall to accommodate the box and screw it down. I was able to fit all the coax, a 24 port commercial switch, a surfboard modem, an EERO router, and a powerstrip in the box tightly but neatly. It would not have worked if I had chosen to energize and connect the coax as well (which I passed on since we don’t use it). Honestly I think I would run a separate box and fish the coax over if it comes to that. The hinged door is really nice for routers and things where restarts are sometimes necessary. The vented plastic means no signal loss and plenty of airflow. It does feel a bit flimsy and cheap (but still does look nice) but honestly it doesn’t get used that often so I don’t care. The organization system, shelves, and tie downs are solid and I have no concerns of anything snapping or falling.

Just what I needed. Fit perfectly between studs. Easy to install.

This is great. Of course the holes are pre-drolled for a proprietary system, but you can screw right through the plastic to use it for anything you need. Great system!

Great box, however the add on parts are very expensive.

Looks good

Great quality I love it