So my 20 jack network install ended up being expanded and became a 27 jack network. Instead of adding a 3rd 12 port panel when we passed the 24 port mark I opted instead to use surface jacks for the extra 3 ports. The PC guy was wiring patch cords to the panel as I was still pulling cable, and testing jacks, so the network became quite a mess. Fast forward to earlier this week. The customer needed 17 additional runs, for a total of 44 network jacks. I knew after the second dispatch to this location that they were going to need these additional runs done "some time in the future" so I was not concerned with wasting time neatening up the patch cord mess, because I knew that I was going to have to replace the 2 - 12 port patch panels and the extra jacks with a 48 port patch panel. The installation of the additional 17 CAT 5 runs, cutting everything over to the new patch panel and labeling the jacks took just one (long) day. I returned for about 2-3 hours to test all of the jacks. Just one mis-wire. In my rush to finish the bulk of the work in a single day I had one of the jacks backwards from how it was punched down. No big deal, quite a quick fix to re-punch the one jack. The remainder of the second (half) day was spent replacing the patch cords and neatening up the network as best as I could. Some of the PC guys wires were not neatened up by me because I did not want to touch his stuff, and because my company wanted me to only worry about what I had installed, and our companies VoIP phones. |
This is what became of my "20 jack network" installation. |
I had installed the 2 - 12 port panels, and the cisco router. The computer guy was connecting stuff as the cabling was still being pulled. |
FiOS and another switch was installed since my last visit. Does anyone have pride in their work any more? |
Since I had to add about 17 more runs on top of the 27 existing runs, I replaced the 2 - 12 port panels and extra jacks with a 48 port panel. 44 ports are being used. |
Everything cut over to the new patch panel. All that is left is to neaten this mess up! |
Wide angle of wiring installed below windows for cubicles. |
From the network closet down the hall to reception area. |
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