NOT TO DO. Weird instalations?

Ibersystems · Thu May 07, 2009 5:47 pm

Hi all,

Someone started a thread with Hotspot login screens.. I start now another with weird instalations.

anyone can help us to fix this installation?! xDDDDDDDDDD

You can go to the WC and work with no much problems..

I think all is working. Look at the server in the rack chair.

Please, sticky this post. It could be a tutorial of how not to do our work. Routerboards can work in this conditions? On the top of the WC we can put a nice Hotspot server.

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Ibersystems · Thu May 07, 2009 5:53 pm

This costumer told us that other company installed the node and it work for only 4 days. Then the company disapears of the map.

I think it was because the battery works for only this 4 days. Look, no solar pannels.. xDD

And look the pretty hole in the case and the sky seams to claim for rain.

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Ibersystems · Thu May 07, 2009 5:57 pm

No comments.. xD

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Fri May 08, 2009 4:11 pm

More!

csickles · Fri May 08, 2009 6:12 pm

I needed a good laugh !!

Ibersystems · Fri May 08, 2009 9:25 pm

Hi,

the first one is not made by me, but all the others are mine! All are real. Let's go guys... it's possible that this things only are possible in Spain? I don't believe it!

LOL

jordantrx · Sat May 09, 2009 2:09 am

Here are some of mine, (some) The encolosure will hold out water, It was cracked due to shipping, The second pic is a temporary 900mhz setup to get to our farm so we could have high speed access, its an RB 433 with Xr9 and Sr2 in the rootenna, and a coax cable coming out of a hole drilled in the back to power the 900mhz, works well. but its temporary,. -Jordan

Sat May 09, 2009 2:41 am

Here is one I did a few years back, it was only up there for 4 days so we just put a full x86 PC inside a big plastic box. It rained and everything and didnt even get wet!

Probably my worst work ever

Ibersystems · Sat May 09, 2009 1:06 pm

Pics posted by me are installations by others : P

Here in Spain there are a lot of people that have no idea of how to install the equipement.. and costumers told us to repair the problems. My pics are from 3 municipalities installed by the same "company".

As we usually work at 500 or more Kms away from home we have to install all the equipement very well, to avoid return there!

DjAtif · Mon May 11, 2009 8:48 am

its my servers one of MT & one of squid lolzzzzzzz

Lonecrow · Tue May 19, 2009 5:33 pm

Hilarious. I bet some of these remote places in Europe and elsewhere you have to use whatever room or materials you can to keep things going. Where we are located there are hardware stores or computer shops within a 15 min drive everywhere. So I guess people use what they can. I can't blame them. But someone using a car battery without solar to recharge? That is hilarious, unless someone stole them?

Ibersystems · Tue May 19, 2009 5:40 pm

No solar pannel stolen.. I hear about this company too many times.. with some similar things..

It's like this example.. when one of their customer needs a battery.. they pick up the battery of another costumer.. It's like 10 costumers and 9 batterys... xDD

Lonecrow · Mon May 25, 2009 6:19 pm

I think you can get 12 volt solar chargers for like $50 or less that you can clamp onto a car battery. Wow. they actually will come and replace the batteries? I wonder how long they get? I mean the radios don't drop more than 500ma, I can't see the car battery going for longer than a day or two.

tgrand · Mon May 25, 2009 6:40 pm

I did see on one of the pictures grounds connected through a marret.
This is not good practice.
Grounds should be as fluid and direct to Ground as possible, with no sharp angles.

And the one with the toilet bowl, how convenient !!

rotflmao

skyfx · Sun May 31, 2009 9:46 am

where is my signal?

jordantrx · Sun May 31, 2009 3:57 pm

where is my signal?

Are those rocks or dead birds around that building?

Ibersystems · Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:18 am

where is my signal?

LOL! IMPRESSIVE! joaojajoajoa

conjurer · Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:31 pm

We have one place where we haven't upgraded old trendnets 210's, see why:

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Ibersystems · Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:41 pm

conjurer don't touch this! LOL. It works?

conjurer · Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:46 am

Yes it does. For about 5 years... Those trendnets are good at giving 1 megabit of traffic to users. There is more equipment in that building, but its under something

skyfx · Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:52 am

another view

skyfx · Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:56 am

omega-00 · Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:40 am

That actually kinda makes sense in a "stick it together and see if it works" way.

doush · Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:18 am

as far as I know, you have posted the first canopy picture on this forum

Eskimo · Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:40 am

Clients server room before I got there.

Ibersystems · Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:44 pm

LOL.

But there's ok.. diferent wires --> diferent colors.. hahaha.

Eskimo · Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:58 pm

I just loved that they are crushing a trash can under the desk.

kleku · Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:55 pm

Checkout this polish site about that kind of instalations

http://uryna.net/

Ibersystems · Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:58 pm

This is not a weird instalation.. but this is a weird mode to go up to a 10m tower.

ITEMS:

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Manual mounting:

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WTF?! LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF WOOD.. xDD

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omega-00 · Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:22 am

Oh wow, I would NOT wanna be sitting in that bucket :-/

piaar · Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:05 pm

These are not mine, but I do know the owner of these garbage/marmelade buckets was pretty damn proud of his invention... Notice the precise craftsmanship of those cable holes...

Ibersystems · Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:09 pm

These are not mine, but I do know the owner of these garbage/marmelade buckets was pretty damn proud of his invention... Notice the precise craftsmanship of those cable holes...

WTF?! xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:18 am

+1 WTF

kleku · Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:52 pm

Where is your god now?

Eskimo · Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:40 pm

Where is your god now?

Apparently inside that case, entombed behind the duct tape on the drive bay.

csickles · Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:37 am

This HAS GOT to be shown at the next MUM as a slide show !!!!

All this humor must not go unseen !!

kleku · Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:04 pm

From uryna.net

kleku · Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:05 pm

sanjeev · Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:38 pm

push up with care

sanjeev · Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:58 pm

natural towers

Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:36 pm

anyone using DIGG can digg this topic

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Pics_of_weird ... _equipment

Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:10 am

ha ha AC over Ethernet, thats a first....

I'm surprised there was not a fire.

npero · Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:34 am

Yes AC over ethernet

Try to crimp cable when is on.

PoniTozheKoni · Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:38 am

Before:

After:

Chupaka · Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:43 pm

ha ha AC over Ethernet, thats a first....

yahooo!!! it exists! RFC 3251 - Electricity over IP

sdischer · Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:28 pm

This one is on a 200 foot coal boiler which vibrates profusely. We are wondering how legal those amplifiers are?

The good news is the provider was terminated and is no longer there to pollute the spectrum.

tier · Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:22 pm

Professional Installation ;D

kleku · Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:54 pm

piaar · Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:44 am

With os3.25

thadem · Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:33 pm

did you get some honey out of it?

Nenad · Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:06 pm

Those happen to be wasp nests, if I'm not mistaken... I'm assuming the only thing he could get out of them are dozens of painful stings

NetworkPro · Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:50 pm

This is one ISP at one residetntial location in Varna, Bulgaria. They told us this sh!t is because they are now investing everything in the new optic network and these will be replaced soon, but how soon? Not soon enough for sure.:

Ontop of the next building the switch is exposed to rain etc:

They did not secure the cable that goes from otuside the building, over a nasty edge, into the client's balcony, so he had to do it himself, after his service was down due to wind action on that cable versus the edge, several times:

The cable geos to this busted box.

You can see a switch with a plastic case, the main link goes into that one, from that main link two wires are PoE that is transferred to proper DC via the two small PCBs... The nasty thing here is 1. crimping/plugs 2. The box is not locked, so links were down due to thief actions several times.. What lowlife dumbass will risk his life - possibly tripping over a wire on the roof in the middle of the night to steal a couple of fifth-hand smelly old 100Mbit switches all taped with ducktape? More than once LOL

The client had ping losses due to cheap RJ45 plugs. When weather gets cold, the metal pieces that make contact get smaller and contact is lost, amonsgst other similar problems. + Vibrations from wind etc. ... it's bad folks.

Conclusion: Don't install equpment and cables on the outside of buildings.

j2sw · Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:01 pm

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mxena · Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:38 pm

Just in case of too many wind...

Ibersystems · Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:06 pm

xDDDDDDDD

IMPRESIVE!

Those BIG antenas are beautiful too and designed to cover all the city..

Ibersystems · Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:55 pm

REQUEST TO MIKROTIK: LARGE ICON FOR WINBOX! xDD

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Ibersystems · Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:58 pm

TOO SHORT ETHERNET WIRES.

O_O!

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digitexwireless · Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:08 am

This was only temporary but warrants a laugh. We did this until our outdoor box with the batteries arrived.

jordantrx · Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:42 am

This was only temporary but warrants a laugh. We did this until our outdoor box with the batteries arrived.

How tall is the tower and how much was the tower cost? Just curious. Thanks Jordan

tierpath · Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:35 am

BWHAAHAHAAHA!

Man, I am laughing my ass off.
It's amazing if you think about it, that some of these worked at all. But they did at some point!

The Toilet and the Bug/paint smattered pic's are the funniest.

marioclep · Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:10 pm

5 Ethernet Ports! (WAN & Eth4 with RJ11)

marioclep · Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:15 pm

Nice Line of Sight!

eben · Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:41 am

I'm publishing these pictures as a warning to others to remind you all that attention to detail is important.

When our technician (who no longer works for us) fitted the bottom antenna, he dropped one spring washer. He was too lazy to climb down the ladder to pick it up, so he just tightened the nuts.

The Cape Town winds came and started shaking the antennas. The one spot where there was no spring washer had no way to absorb the stresses and the result was metal fatigue.

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sdischer · Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:31 am

Nasty!

Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:04 am

Steve, what's that sticky stuff inside that the ants liked? Melted glue from the rubber?

eben · Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:09 am

Not sure if Steve's got the same problem in the USA, but here in Southern Africa we have a specific type of ant that seems drawn to electronics.

Strange, I know, but true.

A couple of times now we've had client computers that die for no reason. When we open them up we find that a colony of ants has moved in.

Enriq766 · Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:23 pm

Not Mikrotik, but it was worth taking a snapshot as I passed by. SICK!

wildbill442 · Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:11 pm

Here's a good one...

Notice the Yellow ethernet cable tied to the rack that's supporting the back of the 4U enclosure...

digitexwireless · Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:20 am

This was only temporary but warrants a laugh. We did this until our outdoor box with the batteries arrived.
How tall is the tower and how much was the tower cost? Just curious. Thanks Jordan

Only 70 feet with 2 sets of guy wires. It now sports two 55 watt solar panels and 4 batteries in a Rigid outdoor lockable toolbox.

csickles · Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:31 am

That RATS NEST looks like a QU[$t job,,,

Notice the NOT connected SonicWall....

staack · Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:48 pm

A customer of ours was putting on a music festival and wanted live streaming audio. The park is in 2 blocks from our tower. Running Icecast relaying to a shoutcast server. It worked great!

Ibersystems · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34 am

A customer of ours was putting on a music festival and wanted live streaming audio. The park is in 2 blocks from our tower. Running Icecast relaying to a shoutcast server. It worked great!

Wow! what a custom wireless computer.. xDD

Impressive!

Look at this picture, is from Iberbanda, a spanish company that received more than 36.000.000,00 €+ from our government.

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Ibersystems · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:37 am

This is a solar pannel installed by Iberbanda too.

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REMEMBER 36.000.000 € +

Ibersystems · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:40 am

xDDD

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Ibersystems · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:50 am

"Do not touch any of these wires". xDDD

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Ibersystems · Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:52 am

Seen in http://gregsowell.com/?p=690

Custom 450G 100% recycled case.

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Enriq766 · Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:31 pm

I call this "Hangin' Out With Friends".

Ibersystems · Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:13 am

Consequences of a storm and bad installation

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Chupaka · Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:41 pm

Ibersystems, great! show us the NIC )))

Ibersystems · Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:51 pm

Hi,

is impressive but the RB532 NIC is working fine.. ¬¬u

This was an old installation and this was the connector connected to the RJ45 female in the box. I don't know why but this board is working without problems (with new wires/connectors).

It seams like the plastic RJ45 female stoped the volts.. xD Kamikaze RJ45 female.

The poe and 24V dead too.

Perhaps normis will talk us about the nice 532 surge protector..

eben · Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:26 pm

RB532 is a very hardy board.

Last week I saw a tech accidently plug a 48V PSU in while the jumper was set to 12V. He pulled it as soon as we realised his mistake, put the 12V PSU in and the board started.

NetworkPro · Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:54 pm

Hi,

is impressive but the RB532 NIC is working fine.. ¬¬u

Are you sure? The connector on the picture is melted, ruined for good, burnt, destroyed, its smokeeennn - heat, energy, smoke - this MUST have affected the port it was plugged in!!!! Maybe if you look at the port you will see traces of smoke etc - so you should check the resistance of that port : (point A) cable->plug->port->pcb(point B) check resistance from point A to point B

Ibersystems · Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:41 pm

This Board is a repeater, I don't need comunication over the RJ45. The PoE works fine.. : P!

But.. the connector is working "fine" because I connected my laptop and winbox works fine too.

The board port is OK but the RJ45 female was broken. We changed the ethernet wire too.

SamWCL · Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:01 pm

This ones a classic, a tower with cds!

Eskimo · Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:30 pm

Is there a point to the CD's?

I know, I'm pushing logic and reason into a situation in which they clearly don't exist.

NetworkPro · Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:39 pm

If you point a laser at them you could measure the wind activity at that tower from a distance

But this is stupid there are better ways to do that

CoFfEeX · Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:51 pm

Is there a point to the CD's?

cd = blind the birds

I have seen it on many roofs.

DjAtif · Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:03 am

good home lolllllllll

ekkas · Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:52 pm

A visual representation of the 2.4GHz spectrum.

Ibersystems · Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:24 pm

LOL,

good one!

Ibersystems · Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:29 pm

This is not a Weird instalation, but it's material to make a good Weird Instalation.
Look at the antenna connectors of this 19dBi MTI antennas:

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Did you see the connectors? Me neither.. xDD

eben · Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:46 pm

A visual representation of the 2.4GHz spectrum.

If you're in the Western Cape, that could also be applied to the 5GHz spectrum

j2sw · Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:57 am

Note all the exposed wiring.

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omega-00 · Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:21 pm

Got this one the other day from the MDF of a company we won some jobs off of.
I can see why...

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Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:24 pm

as usual, genius

thanks and keep them coming

mikrotiko · Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:58 pm

I don't have enough money to buy my enclosure... Ha Ha Ha...

ckgth · Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:28 am

looks like a working RB/450G without broken package seal....

NetworkPro · Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:11 pm

What about cooling ?

And grounding ?

jordantrx · Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:31 pm

That stuff is overated!

What about cooling ? And grounding ?

mikrotiko · Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:51 pm

What about cooling ? And grounding ?

It works ok at 50ºC... ja ja.
Grounding?...., I don't know..., the power line from the adapter don't have gruond wire...lol...

mikrotiko · Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:05 pm

looks like a working RB/450G without broken package seal....

Only little holes in the plastic for the jacks...

NetworkPro · Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:45 am

Ibersystems · Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:10 am

o_0u!!!!! WTF?!? XD

MichelePietravalle · Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:51 pm

a my old configuration; a lot of caos due network grow very fast but unplanned... (now it's correctly cabled!)

taylorc · Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:45 pm

Here's a nice one. I especially like the ground wire.

taylorc · Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:47 pm

Ummm....

taylorc · Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:52 pm

And not specific to wireless, but a lovely outdoor outlet. The nearby gas pipeline warning sign is a nice touch too.

missinlnk · Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:59 am

Ummm....

(Sector aimed directly down)

Did you take that picture? Was it intentionally installed that way, or did a pole just fall down? Have any more details?

taylorc · Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:53 pm

One of my coworkers took it. Yes, it was intentional - bolted to the roof.

mahnet · Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:52 am

someone is really good at making cantennas

kameelperdza · Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:05 am

hazyd · Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:27 pm

Love the one pointed at the roof! Passive reflector?

KillerOPS · Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:54 am

have fun

KillerOPS · Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:56 am

KillerOPS · Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:56 am

The weird thing is that everything worked like this

dnyl · Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:10 pm

Hungary, Budapest. This is the worst tower what I saw sometime

missinlnk · Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:37 pm

Hungary, Budapest. This is the worst tower what I saw sometime

You're being very generous by calling that a tower.

mahnet · Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:11 am

loves the rack and PC BOARD mounts posted by Killer OPS.
What for so many NIC'S.

NetworkPro · Sun May 02, 2010 6:18 pm

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... Server.jpg

conjurer · Mon May 03, 2010 5:07 pm

looks like first google server.
http://www.geek24.com/g/first-google-se ... of-the-day

THG · Thu May 13, 2010 12:00 pm

Server.

Thu May 13, 2010 12:01 pm

wow!

THG · Thu May 13, 2010 12:23 pm

And here is a dangerous server room.

Those two big buckets are to catch the water from the air conditioner. Notice they balance right above the company servers. Good design?

conjurer · Mon May 17, 2010 10:31 am

fire hazzard.

Insider · Mon May 17, 2010 7:00 pm

Ok guys, I thought we are pigs.. But we can stay calm

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NetworkPro · Wed May 26, 2010 9:51 pm

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NetworkPro · Thu May 27, 2010 9:55 am

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How our ancestors before us were messing it up for us.

NetworkPro · Sat May 29, 2010 11:19 pm

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Full original JPEG - 4MB http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4FJND952

THG · Mon May 31, 2010 5:23 am

Very funny how the infrastructure is designed in other countrys.

You will never see something like this where I live, most cables is below ground.

NetworkPro · Mon May 31, 2010 5:47 am

Authorities not removing the cables allowed for enormous speeds for almost free. So. At least Bulgaria is doing fine, everyone is connected. But even here - there are not such oveburdened lamp posts. We don't want any citizen to get hurt by falling stuff, now, do we.

NetworkPro · Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:44 pm

Hammering metal rods into the rocky ground.

The rods are for grounding.

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NetworkPro · Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:57 am

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The biggest black round thing is a TIRE, it's not cable

I think it was an advertisement sign for some car sh!t.

Chupaka · Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:44 pm

huh... we did 1U rack mount for RB450G... just downloaded those photos from my mobile %)

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RAHQGideon · Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:24 pm

One I have seen a while back. The psu is in the white plastic bag hanging outside on the bracket.

Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:27 pm

Good one, Chupaka

RAHQGideon · Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:33 pm

Another one of a solar instalation we have seen.

valleyman86 · Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:31 am

I worked at a ISP not too long ago. One of the shots they setup for a customer (older employee who left before I ever got there) made a funny install.

We got a call from someone because their internet was no longer working. After sending someone onsite we found out that a old truck moved and after that they no longer had internet. We found out after a bit of inspection that the shot was bounced off the truck and into our tower. When the truck moved (years later) they lost connection.

The famous bounce shot...

mxena · Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:58 am

Suddenly Internet doesn't work and the fun thing is that "nobody has touch anything".

The Mikrotik CPE was running and was wirelessly connected. The "joint" worked fine as PoE with no ethernet communication. It is the miracle of 802.3af when You make a short in the same color wires.

PS: It was all into a plastic bag, all waterproof.

ManyX · Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:53 pm

adrianatkins · Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:02 am

I'm getting really annoyed that you all keep posting *only* photos of *my* installations.

Also, how come you know where they all are around the world ? Are you MI5 ?

Lastly, i left my new shoes in the shoebox, so if you could lift up the battery and get the shoes, and send them to me, i'd appreciate it.

eben · Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:39 pm

This guy seems to have a fear of cable ties / general neatness. He also leaves his packing material and other junk on the ground and doesn't appear to know the first thing about the laws of RF.

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Then, just to add insult to injury, they run UTP / PoE up the tower causing interference with VHF, UHF and ISM frequencies.

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adrianatkins · Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:58 pm

WiFi generally is done badly by people who need it to work to make money.

There are very very few who can afford to 'do it properly'.

There is a much bigger number of people who can buy some stuff and slap it on a tower.

Even when the physical links are 100% wonderful, there is an even smaller number of people/organisations who can do the QoS so customers get what they expect (never mind what they want).

It's like the Wild Wild West IMHO, and there *is* Gold in Them Thar Hills.

Yeeehaw !

janisbvp · Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:43 pm

If you desperately need to power switch in a fast-developing 'crapnet', you can do it by ignoring health and life hazards as well.
I know an operator, that could fill this thread easily just with pictures from 3 houses...
Sadly, the price for internet is a reasonable factor to cheap-ass customers.
More coming...

reverged · Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:20 pm

"That is a tragedy waiting for its time."

Am I crazy or is that 220 mains spliced somewhere, all sitting on nicely seasoned timber?

I have replaced much safer installs at my own cost just so I could sleep at night.
I couldn't leave the premises with this stuff hanging off rafters.

NetworkPro · Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:49 am

I agree, I like safety.

And there are those moments, when you're really in a hurry and you really need to do it quickly...

With no additional materials (late at night...)

reverged · Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:52 pm

And it looks like THAT picture?

Even blindfolded, naked and with no tools, I can do better than that!

janisbvp · Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:39 am

Well, you can easily bite off psu cable with teeth and connect it without instruments, ensuring that only 12v or so go through your cat5, but no - some people just have to go funny ways. I know, that the other end goes to clients apartment. And what if the client gets curious?...

adrianatkins · Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:07 pm

Even blindfolded, naked and with no tools, I can do better than that

Never do dodgy electrical wiring in the Nude.

You never know where the shortest path will go.

Belyivulk · Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:06 am

Well said adrian

mahnet · Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:17 am

This ones a classic, a tower with cds!

it is a classic example to keep birds away

cbrown · Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:06 pm

Hillbilly Wireless!

NetworkPro · Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:14 am

How long does it last ?

Before changing the UPS/battery ?

Ibersystems · Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:56 pm

LOL, nice wood mast hahaha and nice battery set..

Ibersystems · Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:03 pm

All technician that work on towers must have one phone like this....

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Ibersystems · Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:10 pm

Nice parabolic antena..

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cbrown · Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:35 pm

How long does it last ? Before changing the UPS/battery ?

Haha, we didn't leave it up long enough to find out. We were just testing the antenna. But the battery said 700 some minutes remaining.

kimssky · Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:41 am

NetworkPro · Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:26 pm

In Bulgaria these are called "satellites", not receivers or antennas.

Ibersystems · Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:53 pm

http://foorum.wifi.ee/download/file.php?id=575
It was not very stable. It is shaken with the wind.

this don't work x(

NetworkPro · Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:20 pm

mahnet · Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:52 pm

PRINGLES BAZOOKA

Zapnologica · Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:21 pm

wow,
whats with all the cantennas? do they act work? like really a grid is not that expensive?

I also liked that grid made from wire mesh

here are some pics of my Tree install

It looks dodge, but it works perfectly, 100% water proof, has not gone down in hte last year

check attachments:

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Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:24 pm

Tree pole install picture is priceless

Invisible pole.

I thought this thread was about posting other mistakes, not your own. Your own installs shuld be perfect! Learn from other mistakes, and don't make them yourself.

adrianatkins · Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:39 pm

Feature request :
I need a solar powered MESH Mikrotik,
and a Link calculator to see how many Camels
i need to install them on to cover the Sahara Desert.

A Camel Cost Calculator would be nice too.

Ibersystems · Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:06 am

Feature request :
I need a solar powered MESH Mikrotik,
and a Link calculator to see how many Camels
i need to install them on to cover the Sahara Desert.

A Camel Cost Calculator would be nice too.

http://camels.evilsun.org/

ok?

adrianatkins · Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:02 pm

Martin, es tu debere a bajar tu obession del internet y encontrar una Mujer.

Tengo una, pero puedo dar te 78 Camels si te hace falta.

Ibersystems · Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:18 am

xDDDD

magic · Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:58 pm

How to repair an optical connector....Made by the biggest Hungarian telco company.

NetworkPro · Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:00 pm

Hmm. They could've at least used big rubber bands and longer lasting ducktape. This is falling apart already.

kimssky · Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:46 am

I found this. It was not very stable. It is shaken with the wind.

I do not understand why he did this???

NetworkPro · Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:27 am

mahnet · Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:29 am

why r most loos converted to server rooms??

NetworkPro · Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:33 am

To flush the HDDs in case the cops bust in.

NetworkPro · Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:08 pm

k5egg · Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:36 am

I got bored one day back in 2005 and did this:

"Wifi Dangerkart"

Ahhhhhhh how I don't miss that Arlan/Cisco/Aironet 900 crap.

bld · Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:14 pm

Love this thread

Found another place with a lot of ugly stuff on too http://www.sundance-communications.com/ ... 00592.html

chaosengine · Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:49 am

Is there a mirror of uryna.net? Anyone who saved all the weird pics?

Delboy · Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:11 am

this is what happens when u don't have a rp-sma connector:

gregsowell · Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:23 pm

Cisco 2600 + RB750 + cardboard + duct tape = Awesome!

http://gregsowell.com/?p=2723

Ibersystems · Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:47 am

LIGHT IS NOT WORKING. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4Xk1mEwmI

wescamp · Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:19 am

Wow, the photo on the first post is really radical. I wonder what is up with the one who installed this on that cubicle. If the power source was coming from that side of the room, then maybe he did not put the toilet on that side. Or better yet, he should have installed racks to place the hardware on. They are just to damn expensive to just dip on toilet water in case they accidentally fall down. Good thinking.

jager · Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:07 am

At our customers place. We came to install our equipment, and saw THIS that was installed by the ISP they used before...

shadowskippie · Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:41 pm

I didn't have time to install this guys unit before the weekend so i had to setup something temp

I call it the "Mikrotikis Flowes"

eben · Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:04 pm

Those plants look a lot like fynbos.

shadowskippie · Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:54 am

Those plants look a lot like fynbos.

It is

eben · Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:38 am

Those plants look a lot like fynbos.
It is

Where in the beautiful Western Cape is that?

shadowskippie · Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:34 pm

Those plants look a lot like fynbos.
It is
Where in the beautiful Western Cape is that?

In a place called knysna, where the 2.4 frequency is noisy and i single handedly keep this network from imploding

NetworkPro · Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:18 pm

Don't tell where it is

Someone may snatch it

joesauer · Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:09 pm

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janisbvp · Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:43 pm

Keep ya' routahs in da cage!!!

janisbvp · Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:48 pm

Some more fun.
This time - home installation, but they, actually, cannot be judged.

erick7007 · Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:57 pm

But these can be judged. Still get them in 2011. Its shame to industry

perit · Tue May 10, 2011 12:08 pm

"A dude is an individual, typically male, particularly somebody well dressed or who has never lived outside a big city..." - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude)

SamWCL · Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:36 am

No new pics in 2 months?!?!?!

NetworkPro · Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:38 pm

mahnet · Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:58 am

sectors on coconut trees -- do they work??

eben · Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:47 am

Some of my competition never cease to amaze me - for their stupidity.

This guy bought an expensive enclosure. He then bought an expensive plate to mount the board on. He then went to the trouble of marking out the holes to mount the risers in exactly the right places, but he wasn't bothered to secure the UFL connector with some insulation tape. Even better than that, it seems he lost 3 of the 4 machine screws needed to mount the board. Result: He used a plastic bag to insulate the board

No wonder he has one client less...

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eben · Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:03 pm

Some people are so stupid, they glue routerboards to enclosures.

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Seems hot melt glue can double as a waterproofing agent.

Then there's the little matter of making a knot in the UTP.

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eben · Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:23 am

Saw this yesterday.

FWIW you can buy cable ties, conduit and various types of trunking over the counter in South Africa.

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