Yeah, I didn't worry about the patch panel for the data part and I simply put ends on the cables I used as Ethernet cables and plugged them directly into my router. I don't use the right side at all.
I guess it'd be easier to punch them in and then run a patch cable, but mine's like that where there's 6 ports, and I've got an 8 port switch filled and a couple of cables waiting for when I replace it with the 16 port switch I bought a while back.
Putting on ends is cheaper than expanding the patch panel I'd wager.
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