shown includes a jack base 106 for receiving the reflector holder 105 jack housing 107 may also include a jack cover not shown in fig1 in the embodiment shown jack base 106 contains four alignment means e g grooves two rear alignment means 120 a 120 b and two front alignment means 121 a 121 b each of the rear alignment means 120 accepts an alignment sleeve of a fiber optic connector see e g alignment sleeve 508 shown in fig9 and aligns the optical axis of the first rear connector 202 a with the optical axis of the second rear connector 202 b through the prism 110 forming a low loss connection between the two connectors the front two alignment means 120 are arranged in proximity to the prism base such that inserting a connector into a front port 104 a or 104 b causes the reflector holder 105 and reflector 110 to move out of the optical path between port 102 a and 104 a and the optical path between port 102 b and 104 b and cause the front connectors to be aligned to the rear connectors forming low loss connections between the two pairs of connectors removing the connector from the front panel will cause the prism and prism base to return to their previous position again creating a low loss connection.