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It's been a while hasn't it?! Good to be back and up and running again. This was an interesting small job to do but I think it showcases a situation where running long patch cables is better than direct runs like I've shown in many other videos I've published here.

[@MrGreyfoxut]

Welcome back! I've been rewatching your old stuff! :D

[@Felix-ve9hs]

you too?

[@freqstyle]

I've been watching the videos on continuous repeat until I am lulled to sleep at night. #sleepingwithfiberninja

[@AsadAli-lz1mm]

Dude, welcome back!!! We missed you loads!!!

[@hermitation]

My feed was lacking proper cable management. Welcome back!

[@ikkuranus]

What a coincidence. Two weeks ago I got fiber internet and now the fiber ninja is back. It's been about 15 years since I've seen a multi-cable modem setup. Any chance you're able to share what speed they are provisioned at?

[@Delta-gh9rl]

Fiberninja teaches me better than any teacher i have had. thanks for spending time on this channel. welcome back!

[@geoffupton]

welcome back! bloody hell! what a mess! how ever did you sort that keeping it all live?! i would have suggested quickly (somehow!) get the wiring in place then plug it all back in! well if the customer wants to be a difficult so and so... its their network, they can put up with the result! i think you did well tho! 😊 awesome work! you replaced the room... well it looks that way! i would pay you triple for your work there! 😊 just totally awesome work... totally awesome! well done

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I think I had to bring their network down just twice during the process. The are very heavy users of broadband for business so any outages had to be carefully coordinated with the customer first!

[@AvidSurvivalist]

8:59 Aww man... Who made those ethernet cables, they give me anxiety. :P

[@whelpthereitis2577]

^^ Yup! That and a customer wanting something that will not provide what they need as brought up moments before the time stamp. Uff, paused video here to comment and digest. Have a hunch the customer will get what they asked for and not be happy because it doesn't provide what what they needed and why they brought in a professional like FiberNinja in the first place. EDIT: pressing play again. EDIT2: Another minute in and a solution has to be found to address the owner/customers idiocy. Uff, why can the peanut gallery not avoid messing with their own needs. Let the work get done and ask for changes later, don't be a micro-manager. Horse by committee... pressing play again LUL

[@Fishbait075]

Surely 3 cable modems, stacked like that are the same height as a single cable modem. 5 would have sat on that shelf perfectly.

[@jeffhoogkamer]

Just checked the video - modems standing up used 6RU, laying down used 5RU. So there was 1RU saved.

[@jasonlee3247]

Why so many cable modems anyway?

[@JasonWaltonDriveAlong]

It may have saved one, but it would have been, (in my opinion) a lot better upright just for the heat dispersion. But as always he waved his magic wand; and hey presto, another awesome cleanup!

[@pingmeep]

@@jasonlee3247 My guess, it's a gaming house with twitch streamers and cable was cheaper than fiber in the area.

[@scwfan08]

@Umbrelladroid That's not what a modem does.

[@freaksavior]

Did the customer ask you to cut a hole in the mesh grill at 19:23? It looks pretty bad imo.. Also look at AC Infinity fans if you haven't before. They are super quiet AC current fans intended to be in AV gear. Would have been a good fit here.

[@stewie3128]

AC Infinity is what he installed, and that was the only way to cool the gear while keeping it in the customer-requested orientation.

[@Dino860]

Also, what are your thoughts on ubiquity products? I thought spied a box of APs on the shelf you installed.

[@diedie111590]

Welcome back! Would love to do a ride along if you're still offering that. My major is Computer Science so any experience will help! Thanks

[@lowvoltagedude7837]

Ride along is always a great opportunity if you take chances in life and create path options gain knowledge that's the best. Just always remember keep throwing things out into the world and see what bounces back. I think you'd be surprised sometimes 👍

[@SimonZerafa]

Hi, FB. Firstly amazing content, thanks for putting it up! 🙂 Perhaps if the opportunity arises you can discuss in a bit more details how you go about tidying and moving power and network cables with minimal disruption to service. That would see to me complex and in some cases disruption is unavoidable? Regards Simon

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

It's a bit hard to explain and frankly I'm not even sure I could describe what I do. I'm going to try in some upcoming episodes though. I think a lot of it has to do with being able to identify what each component does in the network, and just sitting there staring at it for a while!

[@W1ldTangent]

@@FiberNinjaStudios That's pretty much my process.. I can try to explain maybe? Learn as much as you can about what connects to what and how it generally "flows", either just from visually/physically tracing the connections and/or running NMAP, getting into every web interface and peeking at whatever you can to map it out. Not once have I ever seen a "network map" that even nearly portrayed reality lol, sometimes the customer is helpful, most times not. And then you just ponder what needs to be moved and where until it all crystallizes into full form inside your head with minimal conflict.

[@Vintermark83]

Nice work! Though not a fan of the zip ties, makes it hard if you gotta re-run even just one line, cut all the ties along the run is a bit of a pain. I rather use Velcro ties or 1u cable managers.

[@rizzocorp1]

That is Logan Paul’s house. Look at his most recent video about Evan.

[@RossReedstrom]

Checks out. At the very end of said video, he slaps the table, and comments "I like how this table smacks". Excellent carpentry.😁

[@hi-friaudioman]

Great work! The only thing I don't like about the cable dressings is I personally like to trunk them flush with the cabinets as to not attract as much attention. Everything looks great though!

[@wiebowesterhof]

AC Infinity fans. I use the temperature controlled ones for network rack + for a PS4, so it keeps it cooler & more quiet vs the built-in fan. For the network gear, I really like the temperature control; It boosts the fans up to higher speeds during the day when temperatures are higher, but goes to near or complete silence at night when no need. Great job on the room. Some awesome tricks deployed. Welcome back :)

[@slim724]

I've seen others request this and I will too. How about a home wiring rehab? If I sent you pictures or video of my wiring (plus some Patreon muny) would you give advice?

[@drbass9677]

Yay your back. I recently got into networking I have a Cisco 24 port switch and a patch panel and a Cisco firewall and a Cisco 1800 series router and a wall mount 20u rack

[@Chronove]

You good? you sound kinda stressed O.o

[@MONEYZ123]

Weird flex but ok.

[@drbass9677]

Chrm421 how’s that flexing I just said that I got into networking recently

[@drbass9677]

Chronove I’m good

[@matthewmaca6675]

Say Cisco one more time :p :)

[@lowvoltagedude7837]

Welcome back 😀 good work like the clean up. Dressing back does work good as long as you have the space for the slack like you do inside the wall. I use the ubiquity product's it's really awesome stuff. I really like that you keep in mind the serviceability like the NVR for sure a must. I'm glad another tech that cares about the customer and over all design. Keep it going Buddy 😀

[@Madnick111]

It's funny. The day I start building my new home server rack is the day FiberNinja releases a new video. Need to remember all the advice he has given me to make the rack easy to work on. Fun times ahead!!! Thank you for the teachable moments.

[@MStrickkk]

I hate to see anyone waste their time with TG1670s from Spectrum. They are pure trash. Buy yourself an SB8200 and never look back.

[@Ressy66]

Amazing job.. except. those bloody cable ties............ velcro FTW [you can even get white ;)]

[@samuelmoore8477]

Agreed; the clean up was very nice but those zip ties make me cringe.

[@Purifiedinfire]

Could you do a video series on start to finish of various methods of cable routing,attachment and termination from ISP to customer equipment. Looking for a comprehensive rundown on various systems and methods. I'd pay $$$ on Patreon.

[@williscooper7750]

Customer worried about rack space but the revised set up takes up just as much. When you hire a man to do a job and he knows the job better then you, just STFU and let the man do the job. Would have looked much better if they had their vertical mounted. I will give it to you, your cable management is on point.!!

[@KnifeNerd9]

Saved one U of space, if you go back and check the video. But yea I think I would have just said lets put a bigger rack in. Would have been just as fast with all the fan/brakcet/tape/cabling hassle and they'd have more room for future expansion.

[@jovetj]

11:20. Nope. Customer is wrong. The cable modems standing up was the way to go. If they're worried about rack space, they need to get a full rack.

[@MarcusfotosDe]

Customer: Can you stack them to save height Winds up taking the exact same amount of height but with worse cooling and no indicator lights and not so nice optics

[@Dino860]

Stupid question, why 5 cable modems? Love you videos. Thank you 😊

[@shoebucket]

I spy Winamp.... it really whips the llama's ass.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

That it does!!

[@ericonca]

Pretty sure the cable modems are taking up the exact same amount of space, but now there's a cooling problem and many disadvantages. I wonder why the customer was so concerned about that.

[@dyzio2206]

step1: consentrate/condense devices why have 5 or 6 descreet modems when you can sell them an get a multi interface router that saves space and ease management...?(obviously that is depending on the client and how much he is willing to spend) step 2: reorganise/colorcode/lable the cabling based on what portion of the network is it serving (end devices//infrastucture/WAN) step 3: make it clean.. unfortunatly the customer wants to pay as little as possible so you have to work with what you have... one question..! how do you map the network? you got a program or just login to routers/switches and write everything down?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I definitely need to map networks often. Most of the time it's just a clipboard and a sharpie for me! But when I'm mapping out a network to send to the client or another contractor, I am usually working in Visio.

[@ChristofferLundgrenSweden]

Liked before I watched just because you’re back!

[@iamKORHAL]

Welcome back Jon :) I've had this idea for a while, Linus Media Group bringing you up to Canada for a collaboration video! You can teach Linus & Co some amazing stuff and help them sort stuff out!

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

OMG I love Linus but damn, their cable management looks terrible! LOL Sure, I'd be open to that!

[@TheMonDon1721]

@@FiberNinjaStudios You should totally get in contact with them! I'm not sure how difficult this would be as they are a big company but i'm sure someone would get back to you

[@BenCos2018]

I think he cable managed the server room recently

[@cMARVEL360]

Man! I have been watching Linus for Years! I've been watching FiberNinja for Days! Lol! But it's Soo cool how we all watch the same thing

[@chrisfairfield1929]

What would be the reason having so many cable modems? Just bandwidth and crappy service?

[@DragandDrop1992]

What are you doing with 5 DOCSIS Modems? Do you pay 5 lines?

[@RCTPatriot75]

I would have used l brackets using the tape to adhere them to the l's.. That way the weight would have still been supported by the bracket.

[@Hermiel]

Looks like those modems ended up occupying the same volume horizontally as they did vertically

[@inachu]

I need to learn design principles.... such as how outside ISP gets inside and how to relocate main feed into different room.

[@DeLoreansgarage]

Why would you need 5 cable modems? i guess that they can't get Fiber to the Home?

[@whatsnext00]

Could be a dumb question, but what advantage does having multiple cable modems get you?

[@gemeinwie10YT]

why the everloving fuck would you need 5 cablemodems in a house??

[@SamRichieT]

This is at Logan Paul's house lol so crazy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWaqeoKHmrmhd8U

[@frankielauro3926]

why would u need five modems? I understand a backup

[@seacombe2379]

Nice to see you back you got me into networks and doing the job right clean and tidy and I've seen slot of horror since I started watching you that I want to go and fix lol

[@Ga77]

My brain say thank you Fiber Ninja!

[@TheRealHarrypm]

i have one suggestion that will save you GET A LAV MIC! (like a smartlav+ from road)

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Yup, it's in my plans!

[@TheRealHarrypm]

FiberNinja Great to hear!

[@isaacs1451]

Road??? Ha Rode!

[@ChrisTopher-wl6pd]

I see the Linksys Velop WiFi. Last time I checked those don’t support wired backhaul. Has that changed? Based on that drawback alone I always recommend Google WiFi for a wireless mesh solution

[@webluke]

At some point I saw a UniFi AP on the wall, why they have some Linksys junk or noobie Google wifi seems like a bad idea. Quality wired APs in good locations will always be a better solution, and the client is clearly dropping a lot of money on internet each month may as well have pro rated APs.

[@acestorman4334]

Just cruious why you call your self the "fiber ninja"? Fiber refers to fiber optical, clearly something you do not do on a regular basis! A more appropriate name would be "network ninja". Just saying???

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I started my channel exclusively working in fiber network cleanups and its just too darn late to change it now! Besides, I'm sure we'll be moving more towards fiber in the future!

[@ericnewton5720]

5 cable modems... must be running an "in-mansion" porn studio??? Ok, maybe its a work-from-home office with lots of redundancy.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

The client is an extremely popular KZbinr and tries to do daily uploads. So there is a big demand on fast upload capability more than anything else.

[@cMARVEL360]

@12:35 Man! I myself felt angry. That moment when your customer is stupid, and is trying to tell you how to do your job. You comply, and end up with some stupid creation that goes against everything you know and have been doing. Such an Insult, and of course those modems would start to overheat, I bet you even told them that would happen.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I certainly did warn them. But such is life.

[@padraics]

Can you tell us why anyone needs five cable modems?

[@andljoy]

They where concerned about lack of rack space ...... in that shitshow of a room where the modems where on the floor. I would have argued the toss on that one. Looks good tho! Your forgetting the golden rule , you dont do things FOR customers/users you do things TO customers and users :), wire some 240 to the door handle when your done, that will sort them out. 100% agree with HDMI, everything should use displayport, just as it has the pins to hold it in

[@user-xd3en9mm5x]

My guess is these peeps are bonding 4 spectrum cable accounts for gigabit in south FL... Honestly its not that terrible of an idea.... Those Arris gateways put out soooo much heat.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

You are almost correct! It's actually Southern California, and it's 5 Spectrum lines! It was a compromise over fiber due to how fast it could be setup compared to anything else. The performance is stellar!

[@scwfan08]

Typical: expensive ass mansion probably selling the Internet access for much money but they didn't bother about professional networking.

[@FireballXL55]

Hi I have watched all your videos and yes they look tidy etc, I have not done any real networking jobs that's not my work. One of my pet hates is replacing a power supply in a computer, I want to replace it without cutting even 1 tywrap/cabletye.

[@Skavenyy]

I’m glad you are back you have been missed. Have a great Christmas and a happy new year :) I hope you have time to watch some ninja scroll Movies ;)

[@questionablecommands9423]

I quietly love that you still use WinAmp. What was the last good version? Something like 2.666?

[@gryg666]

Winamp, it really whips the Llama's ass!

[@rrrrr5042]

Extremely congested cabinet...

[@Nephilimator]

Are those 5 cable modems sourced from a single coax feed and just split via a splitter? What are they using to aggregate / bond the modems?

[@ciriloperez2667]

I came across your channel not to long ago, so did not know you were gone and now back, but glad to see I will get new content to enjoy. In all honest truth, I sit here and watch your videos more than Netflix or hulu. haha. Great Work!

[@evileyemcgaming]

at 9:40 thare noise in the background what is that

[@jpshanuson7192]

great work. Might suggest using strips of velcro vs zip ties. Did notice you nipped the ends off the cut zipties though.

[@lysias55]

With the cable modems mounted that close, would it make sense to use Ferrite cores on the power cables for them?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

There hasn't been any known issue with them at this point and that was installed several months ago.

[@_droid]

They would have had more room if they left the cable modems vertical. Plus maybe no need for extra fans. Of course the customer that created the mess in the first place knows best, haha. :)

[@TechnoDelta]

looked great as always. Was that cardboard holding the fans?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

actually no, but it did come with some shipped items. This were white plastic strips connecting the two fans.

[@swaterman08]

30 seconds no lip smacking... good job man. Hopefully wifi is on it's own subnet, I would suggest keeping sonos off local wifi and use that sonos bridge, just make sure to put it onto it's own vlan. I decided to move the sonos to our visitor wifi, so people can play music using personal devices.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

OMG that was HOURS of audio editing to get rid of the smacking!! I recorded much of this before it was pointed out to me!

[@cfgdr3]

@@FiberNinjaStudios I never even noticed. I am always scratching my head wondering why people would let their infrastructure get so bad to even notice anything else.

[@oliverchumleyjohnson7070]

Ninja! It looks great! I’ve worked for AT&T for almost 10years and have always loved to see a network being built correctly.

[@AnthonyQuinnJr]

Awesome, another fibreninja video. I got my Christmas present early. Thanks bud.

[@GHOSTMEDIA007]

i m clicking subscribe right now !! Awesome video buddy , very instructive .

[@Aussie_Bren]

Have you thought about using colored cable ties to match the cables that you’re dressing, rather than black? If not colored, then even the clear ones which don’t stand out as much as the black? I’m not sure about over there, but here in Australia, there is no difference in cost between the colored/clear vs black. Perhaps also reusable cable ties so that things can be adjusted?

[@lelandclayton5462]

Welcome back, I use your method of madness everyday at work. I don't play with much in Rack mount equipment but I have to always clean up Low voltage structured panels.

[@cltitus]

Owner should have just went with 2 business connections as failover instead of the 5 cable modems

[@landwizardwizard5591]

i would ha installed nvr other way around. (no one usually uses buttons on front side and most nvr system today do not have buttons on front any more.) I have done that and it has created many less problems than pulling nvr out every time i have to maintain it, plus everything is easily acsessible.

[@Acoustasonic]

From a 20yr network engineer / (but really) former {originally} telephone tech - you’re the man

[@agoncx]

Beautiful rack but I prefer to work with velcro. Maintenance is easier.

[@lijie6431]

5 cable modems! Surely the cable company can run fiber to the office.

[@belxxairxxmarylandxx]

Welcome back! One question, how come 5 modems? Is cable speeds that slow in that area that they have to bond 5 connections?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

This particular customer is a KZbin celebrity and needed as much bandwidth as possible for uploads. It was either this or a fiber feed that would have taken months to be run to the house. So this setup got us nearly equal speeds as fiber by combining the bandwidth of each circuit into a load balancer. I know it sounds nuts but the result was pretty good.

[@sarhtaq]

@@FiberNinjaStudios That loadbalancer, what brand and model ? Just curious as I rarely meet them, but use straightshaper instead. :)

[@noahk113]

@@FiberNinjaStudios That must be a first eh? Who's the lucky KZbinr?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

@Missael LA Yes, this is SoCal. I suppose that would be another option. Probably Ubiquiti AirFiber or something similar. The problem is that this is a heavily wooded hillside area with little view of the sky. The erection of the antenna mast alone would cost much more than this solution.

[@fancarolina]

@@FiberNinjaStudios so since this is a fellow KZbinr can we expect a collaborative video where they make an appearance? I know I find many other channels because of this it might help your channel out and likely wouldn't hurt them any.

[@NYC_Sweetelite]

Mr FiberNinja you do some Great work. I hope your clients appreciate what you do for them,,,

[@mrbryce2000]

I've been wanting to ask, have you heard of the PockEthernet tool? I just got one and it's been a big help with old wiring in an old building. pockethernet.com

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I've already shot a review of Pockethernet. Should be published very soon!! Thx

[@mrbryce2000]

@@FiberNinjaStudios Fantastic! Can't wait to see it.

[@myownalias]

I discovered your channel about four months back, watched everything you had posted, and have been having withdrawal symptoms ever since, great to see new content, keep them coming, it gets my geek senses tingling.

[@daniellittle7846]

Yay fibre ninja is back we know divorces are hard i had to deal with my parent s it was hard just take your time and get back on your feet

[@TimRoope]

The moment when your wife is watching youtube and you have her pause the video because you know you have seen the rack setup before. 🤫

[@hardmack]

WINAMP!

[@Nobody423]

Since I saw you’re workmanship I’ve been ripping out cabinets and re-cabling them all and it makes such a difference.

[@azurite2926]

As a networking student, I wish I could have you a teacher/mentor. Great Work.

[@buf0rd]

Thank goodness! Welcome back.

[@characterK]

God have mercy on the tech. that has to replace any of those modems in the future.

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

They're only anchored in 2 places (opposite corners from each other). Simply slide out the shelf, push in the opposite direction of the attachment points and you're good. At least the cables will be there in place for the next modem!

[@mad-marc90]

I really love your Videos! I have learnt so much because of you thank you! Keep going!

[@norwegianstud]

Yeeeheeey! Guess who has started to install networks? :) I have really learned a lot from you Ninja!

[@logikgr]

Great job, FiberNinja! I've been checking your channel every other day for updates, in case YT algorithm has booted you from my channel updates, so annoying. The thing that bothers me most about messy cabling is the amount of dust that collects on every cable. Do you usually start by doing some kind of dusting (to keep the nose/lungs clean)?

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

I don't usually set out to remove that much dust as it usually goes away after I've been handling the equipment for a few days!

[@NenadKralj]

Finally | He is back --> I love your work (do more in detail; just live camera rolling)

[@hycron1234]

12:23 - That "I told you so" moment.

[@M1k30]

I'm so glad to see you back!!! Your videos have inspired me to take on a home wiring project. Looks good but not as good as your stuff.

[@ari-mcbrown]

Great vid, the slideshow, really didn't bother me that much! Stay awesome!

[@lu4414]

Why they have 4 cable modems?

[@warrenb330]

It must be great to go out on jobs/projects with you [I am a major fan of overnight labor ... people are out of the way at night]. You are a "Jedi Master" of network room re-organization!

[@FiberNinjaStudios]

Oh yes it is! I have always been a night owl and love the night time to be out and about. I finally found a career that is suitable to my preferences! Thank you for your encouraging words!

[@warrenb330]

Thanks for responding. I have a great respect for industry pros who share their knowledge with other aspiring techs. I am recent community college graduate who changed my major from computer info systems & networking to multimedia communications (the switch saved me another year of school) - - I got spoiled by my first foray into radio broadcasting. I DID NOT let go of my long-held instinct for imagining network layouts in various building spaces. I have enjoyed joining you vicariously by watching your on-site work (the gate you did for the older lady seemed to take you to your limits). The backroom of the LA restaurant got more effort than the owners deserved. I continue to applaud your style of cable management and I plan to deepen my own 'love' of zip ties. Write back anytme, Warrenb330

[@warrenb330]

PS(with a wink ;): You paint - I don't!

[@garyreardon11]

Great to see you back. I am a new subscriber I have a only seen a. Few videos but I really enjoy your work.

[@StephenMatrese]

I love watching your videos and you're awesome, but that beard is crazy. Also, always time lapse in software/editing

[@rolfmissing4554]

The world is full of crappy installations needing Your help

[@TheDefpom]

Excellent, more stuff to watch!