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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Another neater network

This is one network that I wanted to clean up for a while. The problem is that every time I went to this customer was close to the end of the day and everyone wanted to leave the office.

Finally they had issues with their network, and I attempted to troubleshoot the issues within this mess. I was semi-successful, however I advised them that I would need to come down at a time that I could disconnect the entire network to resolve all of the issues that they were having.

Before

They agreed to allow me access after hours today so that I could repair all of the issues that they had on their network. As small as this network is it actually took a while to get things neatened up. 3 hours actually.

After

There was an old unused PBX system (unfortunately cut out from the before photo) located above the 66 blocks. I removed that system, and removed the old MoH player. I moved the 16 port switch from the side wall to where the old MoH player was located. I mounted one of the surge protectors, and one surge protector was able to be removed completely (several unused plugs, the PBX and MoH systems no longer needed power). I replaced all of the patch cords with shorter wires, and routed everything as neat as possible.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

How to disassemble Polk Audio speakers (TL1 / TL1900)

Just a short video I created to show how to take apart Polk Audio speakers.

Rooftop cellular site / tower

While I was installing a point to point wireless bridge between two buildings, one of the roofs that I was working on was a cellular site / tower.

I am unsure what provider operates this tower, other than it is highly doubtful that it is Sprint, due to the lack of a decent Sprint signal in this neighborhood!

Installing a wireless point to point ethernet bridge

UPDATE: 5/29/14: While these antennas worked perfectly fine, and I was getting an excellent ping VoIP was still an issue with these antennas, so I had to take them down and run a wire from one of our customers in the next building over. If you are doing anything other than VoIP these antennas should be perfectly fine for your use.

I am currently in the process of installing a wireless point to point ethernet bridge between two buildings.

Mounted 1-1/4" PVC pipe as an antenna mast
and installed antenna on chimney.

The original plan was to run CAT 5 between the locations, but the distance was nearing 400 feet or more - which is well beyond the recommended 300 foot length for CAT 5 cabling.

Antenna mounted

Both antennas have been mounted and aimed at eachother. Outdoor CAT5 has been run from the antennas to the inside of each building.

View from building to building.

The antennas have been set up with unique static IPs which are on a different subnet than the WAN that they will be bringing between buildings.

View from building to building.
distant building is the one with the elevator enclosure on the roof.

The main antenna will be connected to a T1, and the remote antenna will connect to a router to provide internet for the far building.

This is where I brought the CAT 5 inside from the roof.
It connects to the PoE injector, then connects to a jack that goes back to the patch pannel.

Cable internet is currently at the location where the T1 will be extended to, however it has been causing issues with the VoIP services. FiOS is not currently available at the location, and Verizon provided a ridiculous construction cost to bring a T1 to this location. (Think the cost of a brand new mid-range vehicle)

View from oppisite roof back towards other antenna mast.

This may not be the ultimate solution to resolve the customer's issues, but it should at least provide the ability to separate their voice and data internet traffic.