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Ethernet Jack

Before mounting and final
Ethernet Jack

Final
Find 2 wires please

In basement of renovated 1920's building Oakland Calif
3 Cat 5 runs and 450 feet belly crawl

What a day
Someone's basement

Quite a bit for single family home
Gelataio

hmm
Gelataio IDing

IDing
Gelataio

Done!
New ethernet and voice entry
Tools

For working with your and our computer hardware:) Our roots!
Vanessa...

The 1987 Ford Van is there when we need full load out for bigger or more complex projects.
Yikes!

In basement of renovated 1920's building Oakland Calif
Pull 3 cat 5 through 1/2" pvc

Bad idea. Net time use 1" or bigger
Testing DSl

w clip on modem
Pull 3 cat 5 through 1/2" pvc

1 line and 3/4 pairs in other died in pull. Live and learn.
Early 70's phone

I love old phones. It works but still has one issue
Late 70's-Early 80's phone

Hardwired new line to old jack: Works great!
Engenius POE WAP:

Wifi your whole block! ( well not quite a block but it will blow you away with range and speed! )
Alembique Coax Job

See wire in next picture
Alembique Coax Job
Getting Win 10 on Macbook pro
Retrospect

Is the backup program I have used since 1992.
.dmg create: A useful layer of backup

Building image of boot volume for disaster recovery
Drive Genius

Is the Mac HDD utility.
win 7 host with 3 virtual OS'

win 8.1x64Pro, win 10dpx32, FreeBSD
Backup is necessary!

I've used Retrospect Backup since 1991
Flash files w Virus!

.swf is Flash file format
Defragging Mac

/ ( root ( boot ) ) volume or drive.
Windows virus on Mac

Mac can host Windows virii!
Many files copy

Slower than a few larger files even if overall copy size is same
Fixing corrupt permissions

Can be indicative and or step to greater problems if unremedied
Backing up boot volume

By copying entire contents to ONE file
Less files>>faster copy....
Mac Virus!

It happens sometimes, but they can also harbor transmittable windows virii and spyware
Windows Virus found in mac data!

While backing up to Windows Server......
Corrupted files

Both names and permissions! Bad news! We fixed it.
Subaru Port of Richmond

View from top of facility
Subaru Port of Richmond

View from top of facility