Ubiquiti on site job and cable cleanup

In this video we go onsite to a job where we are tasked to cleanup cables, install a network rack a Unifi UDM SE, Unifi USW 24 Pro PoE and a 4 bay UNVR. There are also 20 G4 bullets going in at this site
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0:00 Intro
0:19 heading to the job site
0:42 Checking out the job site
2:45 Terminating the Cat 6 cables into the patch panels
4:13 installing equipment into network rack
5:41 explaining what work was done
7:17 Final thoughts

[@pitsnipe5559]

I really like how you give proper attention to a neat installation. My trade school teacher taught me to always do your job in a neat and workman like manner.

[@BMW-Tourer]

We need more of these install videos! Top work!

[@bothorsen4292]

I really like these short videos that show how you do network stuff and I'm looking forward to the big one you mention here. It's always good to see how the pros do it, and I get some good ideas for how to do stuff right at the house and in the office.

[@nolanohearne7038]

I enjoy watching these videos, I don't do this kind of stuff at my job. But I admire this stuff when I see it installed at my job sites. Especially when it's extremely organized.

[@sinuherodriguez2215]

Solid install bro! I am also an installer and would have done just like your install. Attention to detail is key. Most installers don't care (as evident by what you walked in to) but it is very important. It's all part of giving the client perceived value. Keep up the great work!

[@learnblueiris]

Great video! Very cool to see an install. What a difference from before!

[@ecu8r]

Love the attention to detail, it's the way I would do it myself. Cool video.

[@terrenceboylanjr]

It's so great to see another IT professional pay attention to aesthetics. Bloody knuckles are the sign of a true work horse. Great videos.

[@JasonsLabVideos]

Nice and clean as always !!

[@andrespadron992]

Thanks for sharing this video, the rack looks great bro! Well organized!

[@jfkastner]

Looks neat & clean, well done!

[@cjaliaga]

I love these videos and your attention to detail. I'm really looking forward to the 200 cable video (hopefully videos?). And I'm now also adding even more velcro to my installation thanks to you 😂

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Ya that will be multiple videos, cabling, network installation, wifi install, cameras , phones

[@cjaliaga]

@@MactelecomNetworks awesome. Can't wait!

[@rexor62]

Nice work, Cody! I enjoyed the video. 👍

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Good job as always

[@unified-it]

That rack looks clean! Also nice to see the VC patch cables.

[@adambursell1111]

Nicely done. I was a little worried you were going to leave the screws missing in the top patch panel but then they showed up later - OCD restored.

[@ultimatemaverick]

Subscribed just because of the level of attention to detail. Great work!

[@neonrehan]

Hey thanks for posting this video! Well done.

[@chupacabrajr4152]

my ocd is very pleased right now, great job!

[@DiyintheGhetto]

Very nice clean up and installation.

[@JBoy340a]

Wow, that is a clean install!

[@joshs5435]

Nice job Cody!!

[@ih7131]

As a fiber optic splicer i see so many CO's and com closets that are just trash cans so good job making it look nice and labeling

[@edmoore4431]

This gave a taste of the good old days when FiberNinja was posting… keep it up!

[@Lewdacris916]

yeah i did enjoy that guys videos, what happened to that dude?

[@no1ce]

@@Lewdacris916 I believe he mentioned before he had some health problems. Super unfortunate, I learned a ton of my real world networking stuff from his videos.

[@TheNetGuy]

Now I feel guilty on how some of my installs must look to the next guy! Great work and attention to detail. I absolutely would love to film more of my jobs but 99% of the time it’s rush vs film :(

[@jonr3671]

I do not miss fixing messes like that. Very clean setup. :)

[@eduitguy9016]

Great video mate! Love the all grey look!

[@natjes6017]

Very clean stallion, kudos!

[@kimr9104]

You got some “stucco knuckles”, used to happen on the job for me too.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Lol I actually did that at home pulling some keystones out of a patch panel

[@JerryPena]

Great work!

[@techguy9023]

Thats cute. We always had stacked switches and a patch panel above with wire management. 350 ports per closet typically. You had to leave enough slack to pull boards from chassis mounted switches. Life got simpler when we could ditch the POE power supply that used to be separate from the switch itself. Move up a floor and repeat. I was glad when we could buy decent cables instead of making them all. Doing a 350 port closet made your hands really hurt crimping that many. The good old days weren’t good.

[@elpopcorn3618]

We use UDM Pro's at work it's so convenient. I love how it just work

[@mpoppe]

Great Job !!

[@clintmitchell4664]

Very clean and organized install. Can you please provide where you get your patch cables?

[@MrTolcher]

No Tim hortons stop off on the way? 😁 amazing work as always Cody. Happy new year mate 😊

[@waynenocton]

Looking forward to that upcoming video you mentioned. I struggle with things being neat, but trying, it seems like things are always being added and time shortened.

[@santralshop]

good job man

[@Catge]

Good cleanup

[@ronm6585]

Nice! Thanks.

[@jas9450]

Great job as always, and funny thumbnail ^^

[@jamespollock2500]

I started building mine with a loop of slack in them and aligning them so they go back so far then turn toward a side with a maintenance loop (Thank You Fiber Ninja for the tip). Doing so allows you to pull the patch panel out and turn it either down or to the side without having to worry because a cable is too short. Using all male cable ends allows you in a pinch to be able to directly plug it into a switch.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Man I miss fiber ninja his videos were great

[@TechnikBuddyMarkus]

nice job

[@Pflasterbicker]

Well done today, great Video. I missed the Coffee-Stop on the Road to the Job-Site :D

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Lol I shoulda added that. I most definitely hit the coffee shop

[@chrisdamonsworld]

Nice job

[@shawnphillips1220]

Pretty clean install. The company should have went w 48 port switch for this install. Now that entire switch will need pulled out and the system dropped after they reach max of the 24 ports. They have expansion room on the patch panel but no sufficient ports on the switch and that equals fail imo. You should always build out for expansion or your wasting money in the long run. Great install.

[@mnoquiao]

Great🎉🎉 job man

[@JCW933]

Great job. Also, how did you get your ubiquity cameras? I hit my limit a long time ago and can't source them.

[@julianleite]

Awesome work! Where do you buy these blue keystones?

[@coelho83]

Great! Do you have some instructions about how to deploy ssl certificates on controllers?

[@sllim126]

I am pretty I have also cut/scrapped skin/bled whenever I’ve done this work too! Looks awesome!

[@MactelecomNetworks]

😂 that was actually done at home before going to the job site messing around with a patch panel and slipping

[@amak1131]

Used to run cable in a hospital and ho boy, was it a job in itself trying to clean up the mess the last guy left.

[@martindrapeau7322]

How did you get the Unifi keystone patch panels? They dont seem to be available in canada yet?

[@EnviousRebel]

Oh I love your Siamese cats

[@andrekolver1887]

Very nice, I am busy planning an install in a couple of weeks. Where do I get a patch panel like this. I normally use a punch down panel, this just looks easier and better

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Those are Ubiquiti keyston patch panels. You can look on Amazon for “key stone patch panels” there are a lot of options

[@thatLion01]

Where did you buy the matching rack filler?

[@xspance]

We really want to start pumping this gear out in Australia. How do you get product? We are still waiting six months plus for POE switches. Any ideas?

[@GuildWarsUploads]

Hey, kind of a random question here. But what's the advantage of punching in the cables in the keystones like this, compared to terminating the cable to an RJ45 plug and using RJ45 to RJ45 keystones?

[@Soaringsax]

What rack is that? I like how sturdy it looks for being 8U

[@juansaydeflores890]

some vendors sure don't have any craftsmanship. alll those wiring all over the place would have made me rip them out and fix it at my cost. great work and craftsmanship

[@bc8079]

Where did you get the grey patch panel. Its not on the Canadian unifi store

[@dukeseb]

Where are you getting the patch panel and blanks from? I don’t see them on the Ubiquiti site

[@mrsound1]

Great Job! Other than aesthetics, can you sometime explain why you always go through a patch panel before your switch? It just seems to be an extra step and adding a connector must have some loss.

[@adamsaulnier]

The patch panel is part of the structured cabling infrastructure. You can technically add an RJ-45 jack to the pulled cable and finish it without one, however in my opinion the patch panel is a cleaner look, and patch cords are cheap.

[@JCW933]

The patch panel adds a layer of use. You can repatch it somewhere else later or just not use it. The loss from an additional connector is usually factored into loss equations. If the extra loss is a factor then your still way to close to the limit and there's other ways to overcome the loss. Like amplifiers and just more switch points. This is all pretty rare but I have run into both scenarios. Usually way over footage or the case with blumhouse studios, their contractor put in copper covered aluminum cable and it couldn't even do poe over 100 ft. They were stuck with it because they built all around it and didn't want to have to redo it. Luckily it was a smaller building. I do jobs with 5000 cables. I can only imagine not having patch panels.

[@The_Tech_Ninja]

Great job, hope to see more! Just one question: is there any reason why you dont use 10G from the NVR to the Switch?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey, I will be ( mentioned it in the video) just waiting on a longer DAC cable. The one I had was to short

[@The_Tech_Ninja]

Oh sry i didnt heard that! 😅

[@MactelecomNetworks]

@@The_Tech_Ninja no worries :)

[@christophermueller3370]

Great video! Just curious how much was this particular project?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I think profit around 3k two day job. The customer bought all the equipment

[@shadow.banned]

I would've wanted to replace the ceiling tile. Sucks there's still holes.

[@clingerfelt]

Which crimper did you use for the RJ45 ports?

[@saraban5rivers]

when you have to add extra connection to bottom patch panel, do you have to take out switch, cause it is covering empty ports?

[@KellyKleinOG]

When mounting the G4 cameras to ceiling tile do you use any kind of backing on the underside of the tile to screw the camera base into?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

You can use the anchors that come with it but I actually use the medal pole mount it comes with. Works perfect for drop ceiling

[@richardturkson5916]

Well done my friend! I hate it when the previous technician fails to label any wires or equipment. Makes the job much more difficult than it really needs to be. Is that a crack on your windshield?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Yup need to get the windshield replaced…. Actually probably just getting a new vehicle

[@benjamink.8295]

The VioStar Nas looks like a QNAP From the early days lmao

[@benjamink.8295]

Probably cause it’s from QNAP and it’s an NVR according to online research

[@LHDHDarkNigt]

Why do you not use rj 45 covers on the udm se rj45 poorts ? For dust and stuf?.

[@jerrymiller8313]

Did you label the cables on bothe ends? At some point this will be helpful information.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Yup with a wire wrap

[@KillerJoeFIN]

where i can buy those short cables between patch panel and switch and how long they are?

[@tdadarwala]

where did you get the blanks from?

[@pnd4christ]

Great video Cody, are those monoprice slim cat6 cables? Thank you

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Hey they are not they are from a local company called infinite cables. But the monoprice slim are great as well

[@pnd4christ]

@@MactelecomNetworks Thank you for the information.

[@awstott]

@@MactelecomNetworks I'll have to check them out - their prices seem way better than the Monoprice ones from my quick glance. I wish we could use slim cables at work but we have to be Commscope Systimax certified end to end based on our spec - would make the data center switching so much easier to work on if we had slim cables in there!

[@rogiermaas]

Question: why a separate NVR while the UDM-SE has one built in? Is it because of storage?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

The amount of camera and having hard drives redundancy

[@martinmayks8199]

haha the bloody knuckles i feel you ahha

[@BMW-Tourer]

Can you advise why you prefer the keystones over a punch-down patch panel? In the UK punch down patch panels are popular everywhere and keystones are rare unless it's being terminated in a wallplate. Is there any benefit or just personal preference?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I just find it easier to use the keystone crimper rather than a 110 punch tool. Also if you need to move a cable it’s very easy you just pop the jack out

[@ZippyDooDa435]

Also nice if you need diff ports like coaxial, hdmi, fiber, etc. you can use the same panel

[@Solkre82]

punch-down is almost legacy here. All new installs are keystone. Easier to work with, very versitile (fiber next to cat6a, next to coax), and nicer to troubleshoot.

[@BMW-Tourer]

@@MactelecomNetworks Thank You for responding and noted!

[@WesBowman]

Holy cow... what a dumpster fire of a wiring job you walked into!

[@Jamesaepp]

Maybe I missed the explanation in the video - why are there two patch panels?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Cable management. That way I can use 6 inch cables and it looks cleaner

[@jeffclark5206]

Good job but I would have really left some service loop on each cable.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

There was very little cable for service loop.

[@jona6183]

All 20 cameras within 300 ft of the switch?

[@PowerUsr1]

So you reterminated the cables from the camera to the panel?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Just at the patch panel the camera end was fine. Tested as well

[@billsp]

Curious why you don't use any of the ports on the UDM SE?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

No reason for this install I just had all the ports I needed on the switch

[@billsp]

@@MactelecomNetworks I just ordered an UDM SE to start my home lab, so I was just curious if their was some limitation you were avoiding. I enjoy your content, I’ve been bingeing your installs videos as I wait for my equipment to come in!

[@Oneloudest]

Isn't that rack upside down? Shouldn't the eyelet for the bolts be on the bottom? Or did you just drill your own holes to secure it to the wall?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Nope it’s correct the washers etc should be at the top. There are four bolts in there

[@Ajicles]

A body cam would be cool for timelapse.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Grabbing a gopro for the next install

[@raul0685]

Make them longer show more of how you run the cables and the before and afte r

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Well for this I didn’t even run the cables. It’s very hard to film while trying to work. I’ll see what I can do next time

[@aednichols]

How do you negotiate camera downtime with the business? Do they just not mind because it’s during the day?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

They knew there would be down time and it was very minimal. Once the terminations were done and the switch was live the cameras came back up. Maybe an hour of downtime.

[@eleander]

Why are you mounting a full rack for 20 cameras? There's literally a Kantech box next to the massive rack sticking out of the wall that's the perfect type of rack mount closets for this low amount of cameras. That's just adding cost and more labor to a quick job. Nice job on the cable management though!

[@MactelecomNetworks]

The customer wanted it 🤷‍♂️ and the rack doesn’t cost much

[@rafaeltb]

I’m always curious if these difference in care might be also related to the compensation for the work? Is the only excuse that I can think of for an excuse lol

[@elcolin_]

Better get that windshield crack fixed lol

[@EricK-uo3mj]

Location Labels?

[@pacificflywaysupplies]

What labeler are you using?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I use the Brady bmp21 plus

[@jazz596344]

Get a GoPro and a GoPro head mount. That should allow you to multitask.

[@MactelecomNetworks]

I got one probably should update it

[@roelpluijmen]

did you measure all the connections/cables ?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

They are under 100m our testers tell us

[@carlosnachos]

why dont you use the full patch panel ?

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Cable management. The switch ports are on the right so we use two patch panels one above and one below

[@NQISSteve]

Dude get yourself a cable comb and your bundles will look heaps better otherwise good work.

[@vargasisaac]

I bet the client didn't want to pay a proper price for a proper install, so people not always see the value of work until bothers them the whole mess

[@1st_rayman]

i'm so sorry but... where is normaly patch panel?

[@minibassbooster]

Quick question from a rookie, why do you guys not plug the cables to the switch and use patch panels?

[@fishmeat69]

simple answer is just it makes maintenance a lot easier. whether it be re-provisioning devices/switch ports or replacing a faulty cable, its a lot easier to replace a 15cm patch cable than the 30 meter run in your walls and ceiling. also helps with cable management (identifying cables through labels) and looks a lot cleaner too. TBH if you are only running a few cables in your home, you could get away without one, but in a business setting, it makes a huge difference