Setting Up a New Network

I spent a little time over the holidays expanding my parent’s business network. They have expanded into a second unit and decided to relocate some office space. Unfortunately this involved knocking a hole in the wall to create space for a door… Just where the servers are located.

So not only did I have to move the servers I also had to incorporate into the network the new unit which was already wired up with Ethernet sockets. This was a slight challenge as I had to relocate a lot of cable. Considering the previous tenants dealt with electrical wiring they had not wired up the office space very well,  not mentioning any names. I however succeed. I was going to take a picture of my neat job at cabling to the patch panel but I forgot.

Although quite pleased with my work I seem to go back every holiday and complete new requirements and think back to why on earth I did certain things, for example the old network setup. I suppose this is a sign university is paying off as I am learning how to complete tasks better.