# @Work Before and After - techno/geeky warning **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 9, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152 "2009-03-09T10:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/1 "2009-03-09T10:59:59Z")
6 years ago I inherited a rat’s nest of network wiring. The previous guys who did it was the boss’s brother-in-law and the maintenance man. Everything worked (most of the time) so I will give them credit for that. But on the few occasions I needed to find/repair a wire it was a nightmare. On top of that, they origionally had 2x 24 port hubs (added a 3rd when we closed a brand office) for about 60 total cat 5 runs. Their theory was to just swap the cables for un-used lines whenever a computer or printer was moved. It’s not a terrible theory per-say… until you realize none of the cables were labeled (especially at BOTH ends) and some where wired in 568A on one end and B on the other. Just a basic headache all around. So here are the BEFORE pictures: ![http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7071&stc=1&d=1236621089](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7071&stc=1&d=1236621089) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7072&stc=1&d=1236621093](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7072&stc=1&d=1236621093) So this weekend I came and did an upgrade. The biggest thing was tracing the wires to which office they went to and labeling them. We also went to 1 Gb switches and setup a patch panel correctly. The AFTER pics: ![http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7073&stc=1&d=1236621097](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7073&stc=1&d=1236621097) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7074&stc=1&d=1236621101](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7074&stc=1&d=1236621101) I know it’s not much compared to some of the large data centers some of you might work with. But it’s been 6 years that I’ve been trying to convince my boss to do this. It took a loud fan to finally tip the scales. (The fan was making a loud ass noise one day, boss heard it, and agreed we should replace it… escalated from there) I did it all in a weekend by myself. I’m proud of my work so I figured I’d share with the other geeks here. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/2 "2009-03-09T11:15:08Z")
looks good john…alot better then b4 ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/3 "2009-03-09T11:26:13Z")
100x better ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/4 "2009-03-09T11:28:58Z")
great work! ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/5 "2009-03-09T11:32:14Z")
looks really good. ---
**Author:** ![cleanquick306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/6 "2009-03-09T11:56:44Z")
I couldn’t handle that stuff…I don’t even like rolling up and extension cord…nice work!! ---
**Author:** ![SMort38](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smort38/32/6008_2.png) [@SMort38](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SMort38)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/7 "2009-03-09T12:01:18Z")
i dont know what i’m looking at… but it seems like a huge improvement! ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/8 "2009-03-09T12:02:06Z")
nice. I can’t wait to do mine. ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/9 "2009-03-09T12:02:59Z")
> [@Have you ever called an Hispanic American "porkchop"?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-called-an-hispanic-american-porkchop/39722/28): > > i dont know what i’m looking at… but it seems like a huge improvement! It’s where all the network cables for the computer system meet. Thanks for all the compliments guys. ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/10 "2009-03-09T18:16:11Z")
Great improvement! Nice to see some kind of cable management too! I recommend velcro strips over zip-ties though as they’re easy to re-adjust and move but I doubt you’ll be doing much moving in that small of an environment. A+ ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/11 "2009-03-09T18:21:48Z")
Until a ghost rearranges it. great work ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/12 "2009-03-09T19:07:59Z")
looks good, that station cable is still twisted up though,just busting balls, agree with noah on hte velco for your patch cables, i would wax string the rest ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/13 "2009-03-09T19:17:52Z")
I prefer velcro strips myself. I like being able to tie some stuff together, then add more into the bunch as I progress… but we have a giant box of zip ties… ---
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/14 "2009-03-10T06:59:37Z")
Looks good man…what a mess that was previously…lol ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/15 "2009-03-10T15:33:22Z")
YAAAAAYYYYY I ARRANGED WIRES AND NOW I HAVE TO POST ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET!!! faggot. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/work-before-and-after-techno-geeky-warning/202152/16 "2009-03-10T15:59:52Z")
🤣 you are a cancer fed adult/ see you in hell