Corporate IT Infrastructure
Full passive cabling of a new building, server relocation, a MikroTik core router, FortiGate firewall, Cisco switches across 10 office floors, central Wi-Fi, VoIP and CCTV.
The company was moving to a new building: the network infrastructure had to be built from scratch, and the servers and equipment moved from the old building and brought back into service.
Complete passive network cabling for the new building.
Moving servers and equipment from the old building and bringing them back up at the new site.
One integrated network for 80 users in 10 office units.
Phone connectivity between the office and the company’s project sites.
Protecting the internal network with a firewall.
Full passive cabling of the new building; servers and equipment moved, installed and brought back into service.
A MikroTik core router to manage the internal network.
FortiGate firewall installed and configured.
Cisco switches installed and configured in 10 office units.
Wireless service centrally managed with CAPsMAN.
VoIP for about 80 users, a SIP trunk and trunk links to the project sites.
32 IP cameras installed and configured.
Servers and services were brought back into service at the new site.
80 users in 10 office units work on one shared infrastructure.
Calls between the office and project sites run over trunks.
Network maintenance continued for three years after deployment.
Consultant, designer and implementer of the project; after deployment I was responsible for support and maintenance of the network for 3 years.
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