Large amount of Cat6 ready to install
Large amoutn of cat-6 going in a wiring project for a courthouse. Total re-wire job during a building upgrade.
From the archives – Evolution of a network guy part 4
In 2006 I was hired on part-time for Purdue University. My days would consist of mornings on Campus at Purdue doing I.T. support for the Agronomy Department and afternoons, evenings, and weekends doing support and build-outs for NDWave. We were …
From the archives – Evolution of a network guy part 3
One night I am sitting in my office wondering what is next for MTIN and I get a call from Steve Narducci in Anderson, Indiana. Steve has this idea he wants to start an ISP. I call up one of …
Some WISP CPE grounding
A discussion which comes up over and over in the WISP space is grounding and proper installation of customer CPE. The folks at perfect-10 (https://www.perfect-10.tv/) were a vendor at #WISPAPALOOZA2018. One of the best things I have seen them in …
The importance of Network Monitoring Systems (NMS)
One of our open tickets on MidWest-IX is a member reporting slow speeds on their exchange port. After having them send us some data and a few e-mails back and forth we began looking at their switch port on the …
in-Floor cabling
Great example of in-floor cabling
From the archives – Evolution of a network guy part 2
Being hired as a tech support tech at tctc.com would forever change my life. It was like being shown who was behind the curtain. All of a sudden this world of T1 lines, modem banks, and DNS servers was before …
Understanding Cisco Optics
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Grounding on a Cell Site
Beefy grounding on a Cellular site
Cisco and Verizon demonstrate multi-haul
As Internet traffic grows and becomes more dynamic, optical transport networks for sub-sea, terrestrial long haul and metro need more capacity.