Notes from the job site.

Write-ups from real installs, migrations, and the occasional mess we walked into. No vendor fluff and no sales pitch, just what we ran into and how we handled it. Written for the people who actually run the network.

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Networking

The ISP cutover checklist nobody hands you

Swapping the cable takes ten minutes. Finding every service that quietly whitelists your old public IP is what turns a cutover into a bad week.

Read the note → 8 min read Wi-Fi Design

Guest Wi-Fi where you can't pull cable

Forty-plus outdoor sites, no conduit, no trenching budget, and guests who expect to stream. How we approach mesh and cellular backhaul when cabling isn't an option.

Read the note → 9 min read Infrastructure

If your door locks run on somebody's laptop, you have a problem

Critical systems have a habit of living on one person's machine. Here's how that happens, why it's worse than it looks, and how to migrate off without locking anyone out.

Read the note → 7 min read

Running IT solo?

We're the bench, not the replacement.

If any of these sound like your week, that's usually where we come in. Managed firewalls, network monitoring, after-hours coverage, and a field crew when you need hands on site.

See how co-managed works → Talk to an engineer