Networking project

Seven acre personal residence compound
in Sonoma CA

Five existing buildings

New 6000 sq ft residence

Collaborate with architect and contractor

Design network to provide high-speed Internet to all buildings

Distance between buildings too far for Ethernet, interconnect with fiber

Specify Wi-Fi access point placement

Design and install a full-rack network stack using Ubiquiti UniFi

Hybrid in-office and work-from home

Interior design company based in Emeryville CA

Originally the team was entirely in-office with the latest 27" iMacs
Company documents were accessed locally on a Synology NAS

To improve efficiency and add a perk to team members, company shifted to a mix of in-office, work-from-home, and work at client job site

iMacs were sold or given to employees

Company was enrolled in Apple Business Manager and added to Addigy MDM

Each employee was issued a new M-series 14' MacBook, carrying case, iPad Pro 12”, Apple Pencil

Each desk was equipped with a new Apple Studio Display, TouchID extended keyboard, and mouse

When arriving in the office, team members simply connect their laptop with one Thunderbolt cable to the display, ready to work

We researched alternatives for document access, then migrated all of the project and other document folders from Synology to Dropbox, configured Dropbox on each MacBook Pro with Apple File Provider