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February 23, 2007
Wire Pullers R Us
The physical plant networking infrastructure is getting some attention this week. Bill Nix from Telcom is here pulling wires. So far, he has added the Mechanic's Office, Carpenter Shop, and Machine Shop onto the network. Today he is working on Dave Morris' office. Soon we should also have Stores and a few other offices all upgraded.
It turns out that a lot of the Physical Plant's wiring is pre-cat 3. This wasn't too much of a problem until our new switch was installed and these lines were jacked up to 100 Mb. It was just too much for the old wiring, so a number of users were cut back to 10 Mb just to keep their connectivity. My part is to sit and watch, then hook up the computers and make sure they're happy. Also, this week we added new computers to the Carpenter Shop and Machine Shop. The Mechanic's Office already had a computer, but it wasn't hooked to the network. Now it is.
Pretty soon everyone should have 100 Mb service right to the switch. Thanks, Bill, a very nice job!
Posted by rossm at February 23, 2007 1:08 PM
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