Small network + door phone installation

Recently I completed a small network installation. This installation consisted of 7 new data pulls, a door phone (for VoIP) and a fax jack. While I did not document the jacks with photographs, I did document the new patch panel, and the network hardware mounting.

Cables pulled, hardware mounted.

Side view showing cables entering patch panel from behind.

Showing hole in ceiling where wires were pulled from.

Door Phone.

Router and switch mounted. 

Patch cords installed. 

Close-up of completed job (minus modems)

Hardware used:
Router and switch were provided by the customer, and were moved from the old office in the same building. I did not document the model number for these devices.

• Linksys PAP2 - VoIP ATA used for door phone to hot dial VoIP phones.
• Viking RC2-A Relay - used to control door release
• Viking E20-B door phone (connected to PAP2)
• 12 port CAT6 patch panel (wiring is CAT5, boss just placed order incorrectly)

Also not shown - New door release + power supply. 

The customer did not want to place their network equipment into a closet, so it is visible inside the office, so special attention was given to ensure that the network was installed neatly, and remains neat. All patch cords have been labeled with the number corresponding to their position on the patch panel since tracing patch cords will be difficult with them mounted this way with out cutting all of the zip-ties and making it a mess. 

Unfortunately due to time constraints (this small network took 2 1/2 days to build), the completion of the construction (plasterers, painters, movers), and other minor factors the power cord end of things is not as neat and pretty (and thus was not photographed, but that is something that the customer can clean up on their own once they move into the office - either by having an electrician installing an outlet higher up on the wall near the network equipment, or with an extension cord.

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Stop junk faxes

I came across this printout taped next to a fax machine today:

From the National Number Removal Assistance Association. They claim that if you fax your junk faxes to their fax number at 866-788-5202 that they will contact the people who are sending the faxes to have them remove you from their fax lists.

Not sure if it works, or if it is even worth attempting. As far as I am aware it is already illegal to send unsolicited faxes.

Rewiring a "live" network rack

 Today I was tasked with cleaning up the mess of someone's network closet, but the catch was, that it was during the middle of the business day. Luckily it snowed heavily last night, so business was slow. I took some photographs to show the progress.

As you see here there are tons of patch cords that are too long

A switch resting above the Panasonic phone system

  

DSL modems just hanging in the center of this image.

Another hanging DSL modem and WAP

Hanging patch cords, and open phone system

 As you can see that I had my work cut out for me. But being that it was during office hours, I could not just rip everything out, and replace everything perfectly, so I had to compromise. Get everything as neat as I could with as little disruption as possible.

    

Here I mounted the cable modem, 3 DSL modems, swtich and WAP on the wall.

Here you can see the Linksys WAP.  I added the jack cover, the wire was just hanging there.

About halfway thru with straightening the wiring.

  

Most of the wiring straightened up.

Almost there.

The asterisk box crashed for some reason, the nettop has been added in its place. 

Everything is starting to look good now.