1. The Network Janitor Presents Messy Installations Or Things you should not do to your network!The First Edition of The Network Janitor is brought to you by Tony Fortunato, one of Lovemytool.com regular contributors andTim Everitt of YR20. Both of these professionals sent these to me to share with you.Tony and Tim took these pictures while helping companies clean up their network. Things we all have done in moments of haste and panic but never went back to fix!

2. An Ethernet cable extender (permanent)? The electrical tape prevents the electrons from leaking out! Maybe NOT the best way for your data!! Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 3. Looks like some freeways I have been on Not the best EMI environment for your data! Check out the grounding, at the top of the Chassis! TAPS (The Ghost Hunters) would call this a FEAR CAGE! The channels are not even put together? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 4. Spaghetti junction in Atlanta from space! I love the separation of data cables from power conduits (None)!Power in cables produce EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) Yes even in conduits, although the shield does reduce the radiation some) and according to the ANSI, TIA, ACA,NECAetc standards on power and data cabling deployment there should be separation in varying degrees/distances thus trays and lashing rules to prevent the EMI from reducing the signal to noise ratio.I believe that this construction would be considered Not Standard not to mention a mess!!! Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 5. Basic EN 50174 and BS 6701Power and data cable standard separation table TIA/EIA-569 and ANSI/NECA/BICSI 568-2001 also give separation distances between power and data cables. 6. Examples of Correct wiring Courtesy of YR20 Courtesy of YR20 7. Not built by a Mechanical Engineer!!! Ad Hoc tray construction??The tray is supported by the power conduit! What ever happen to finishing the job?I guess they do not need common grounding and a strong structure Yeh! Mounting it was a bummer, dude!Plus the tray upside down so we earthlings can see the un-labeled cables in the tray Why than a tray?I am completely missing the reasoning for this!!!???? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 8. Have you had your Fiber, Today? I believe they forgot to label these and I know they cannot wait to trouble shoot this nice bundle of joy!Doesnt fiber break and have attenuation with sharp twists not to mentionthey are a wee big longer than necessary.What is an Optical Budget, does radical bending of my firer cause issues? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 9. Rule of thumb for Fiber cable bending A minimum long-term low-stress radius of not less than 15 times the cable diameter.Besides mechanical destruction, other reasons why one should avoid excessive bending is to minimize micro-bending or macro-bending losses.Micro-bending losses are light attenuation that are induced by deformity of the fiber bilateral refraction, macro-bending is the leakage of light through the fiber edge by fracturing and this is more likely to happen where the fiber is excessively bent.A minimum bend radius is a function of the material and has little or nothing to do with the press punch tip, buffer or jacket of the fiber.All Fiber optic cable has a minimum bending radius, specified by the manufacturer, for loaded conditions, such as during cable pull, and for unloaded conditions,such as the time after the cable has been installed and is in its final resting position. Donated by ADH Communications 10. 12 foot cables for a 3 foot run?No worry wound up cables with ac adaptors in them do not have any noise problems!Are12 foot cables cheaper than 3 foot cables?They are certainly bigger antennas! Too Many Cables, Spoiled the Signal! Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 11. Put together with loving care? What a difference 4 more screws would have made! Fiber cables on the floor Real Smart Why not finish the job? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 12. A quality, rope held chassis on an off-shore vessel! Note the data cables over the fluorescent light !! Donated by YR20 13. A not so quality installation of a SeaTel antenna control unitfor vesselsatellitetracking (ie. Very Critical!).Donated by YR20 How not to install your off-shore vessel geo-stable tracking system!! 14. Another 12+ cablefor a 1 Jumper!!! Plenty of outlets above but just in case add another power strip? Another EMI source! Several of these AC cables were not connected to anything!I wonder where the power backup is hooked up andto what, to all the open ended AC cables????? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 15. Physical security? The top and bottom of the fence are not connected to the pole! Plus anyone working by the cabinets will get cut, maybe that is the secret behind this physical security element they get in but get cut in the process? Donated by Tony Fortunato The Tech Firm 16. The End Of this edition of theNetwork Janitor Please send us your pictures of Shameful, Goofy, Dumb and Funny Network things! Also send us pictures if quality Installations and Innovative ideas in networks! I wish you Less Stress and More Success - Oldcommguy All rights reserved 2009 17.

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