Saturday, November 23, 2019

Help mapping out company cabling / patch panels.

So, after a few network issues, I suggested our company should make a map / diagram / excel sheet of every port on the patch panel, where it runs to in the building, what's connected, ....same for the switches.

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Now my big mouth has been given the task to do this, but I'm struggling on where to start, so I would love suggestions to make this task easier.

.... Software, templates, perhaps hardware / analyzer that can help (and isn't too expensive.)

( the company has 2 buildings next to each other, in each building:

  • 5x 48 port switches,

  • 1x 8 port POE switch,

  • 7x 24 port patch panel,

  • wall connections in each room (some only 2, other 12)

So it's my task to find out what individual wall connection goes to what patch panel port, And what patch panel port goes to what switch port.

... Available tools given: flashlight, paper, pen, pc, label maker

.... Yay! ..... Help!



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