Small Office Network Cabling

kunowbiX

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Jan 25, 2014
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Hi, Currently our office is being renovated and expanded but as early as now, I want to plan everything and make my layout so I'm needing tips and suggestions from you guys. Everything is already dead set and what's only left is the network cabling. I want everything to be as clean as possible. The nature of business is Logistics and we have less than 50 employees.


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It's giving me a headache, every table has a computer and yes, we have a false ceiling. I need to put wall mount on every table. The problem is how can I make the cables crawl up to the ceiling to my IT room? Should I put poles? where? Like I said I want to make this as clean as possible. I'm 20 yrs old and this is my first job so I'm not really good at this yet.

Thanks..


 
Pole with network/phone/power jacks in the middle of every cube of 4 desks. That will keep the network cables from running across the floors for too long. The flat cable under carpet may be good to use and you can keep the pole count smaller = less cost. But you may need to cut the carpet and then seal it again to run the cable under it. That will also make troubleshooting and fixing network issues harder if you need to replace or move a cable. This is assuming this area you drew out is just a large empty room.

For the last row of tables, you should be able to keep things neat by running the cables though the desks to the desk next to it.

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