minor changes to site layout

All information, links, and navigation are still located on this site. if you are a return visitor i apologize for moving things around. I am just trying to get as much useful information onto the page where you do not need to scroll down too far to find what you need.

Navigation moved up and back over to the right.. most everything else except ad placement is pretty much in the same location.

I also added a new image link above to Telebroad. They offer hosted VoIP services and are located in NYC. They provide full service including any wiring and networking that may need to be done on site unlike most VoIP providers. They are also the first VoIP provider that I am aware of that has been able to solve the problem of faxing with VoIP service.

Find your lost Android phone.

So I just had a small panic on my hands. I thought that I had lost my cell phone. I originally thought that I left it at the office, as I just left there, so instead of driving all the way back I took a chance that someone was still there and called up to ask if my phone was still there. Unfortunately it was not.

What was I do to. I paid full retail for my phone, and I have personal information on my phone. While there are some people that I do not mind sharing the information on my phone with, I would prefer to keep much of the information out of the hands of the general public, like I am sure many of you do as well.

I did not have any tracking apps installed on my phone, but luckily you can remotely install software on your Andriod device by logging into your Google Play account online.

I found this free app called "Where's my 'droid" and remotely installed it on my device.

Once the app was installed - which was nearly immediately, I was able to then use it to find the location of where my phone was.

To locate the phone, once the app is installed all you need to do is send a text to your phone, and within 5 minutes it will text you back with the GPS coordinates of the phone with a link for google maps so that you can easily locate the device.

I sent the text to the phones actual phone number with one of my spare Google Voice numbers that I usually just use to quickly text information to my phone with, although I see no reason why it should not work if you were to send the text to the Google Voice number associated with your Android device.

Turns out that my phone fell between the seats of the rental car.

Good luck in finding your device.

Check the tabs above for the new Before & After page!

I decided to create a before and after page, that can be accessed by clicking the tab at the top of any page. This page is just a quick photo look at some of the jobs that I have completed and documented on this site over the past few years.

Those looking just for comparison photos rather than some more indepth information may find this page more helpful.

Rack patch panel and network install

This was the existing network when I arrived

A wider angle of the network as it existed.
My rack can be seen ready to install on the left side.

The CAT5 wiring was installed by someone else,
I just terminated both ends.
Here is the completion of the termination of the 48 port patch  panel.
The lower panel was already at location and just mounted in new rack. 

Everything still connected to old network jacks.

Tighter view of photo above.

Slack CAT5 rolled neatly into a service loop inside the rack. 

Standing AC placed back into position,
ready to mount router, switches and patch cords.

Routers and switches mounted, and all 1 foot patch cords installed.
Modem placed above rack.
Patch cords that go down on the sides go to network equiptment below,
 such as the server on the right.

This is a network that I installed everything minus the wiring. The customer had already had someone place the wiring. I was tasked with terminating 36 jacks (4 per location at 9 locations), installing the rack and patch panel, mounting the network hardware, and testing and labeling everything. 

Usually I use longer patch cords and run them across the front and down the sides, but in this instance 1 foot patch cords were sufficient to get the job completed neatly.

I would not normally place the network equipment so close to each other on the rack - I would have them spaced out, but the switch in between the top switch and bottom router  did not have the rack mount hardware with it, and it was the customers existing equipment. The fact that the customer has a standing air conditioner unit directly next to the rack eases my concerns over heat dissipation, so in this instance the proximity of the network equipment to each other should not become an issue.