From 💩 to 🤌🏻 Before/After

11 new switches, DAC cables, and 6-inch patch cables make all the difference.

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Thats very nice and all but that can't all be one network right ? Im guessing there are a few VLANs there? Was this patched with the infrastructure in mind or do you just do 1:1 patching to the switches and put whichever VLAN you need on that port? That'd take a while. Also are they all just daisy chained or do you have a core switch?

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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23

It actually is a flat network, surprisingly, and a large one. It's either a /23 or /22.

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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 08 '23

Now that I think about it, it makes sense you would wire it up that way with very short patch cables and basically 1:1 to the switch. If it wasn't all on the same network that would be a nightmare organising any sort of VLANs.

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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 08 '23

Oh, interesting. I don't see that often.

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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 07 '23

And another question, are these thin cables usable for PoE devices such as phones over any meaningful distance ? What about APs?

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u/cmillard11 Oct 08 '23

They're actually CAT6A and fully rated for PoE. No issues at all for phones or APs. They are the Monoprice SlimRun CAT6A patch cables. I started using them a few years back and I love them.

https://a.co/d/gIr9JDu

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u/windows10_is_stoopid Oct 08 '23

Interesting. Unfortunately my boss will never trust these enough for me to order some and replace our normal cables with these. What a shame!!

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u/theovencook Oct 08 '23

Yes and yes, only the patch is thin, still cat6