Referral Program
I am offering a referral reward to my customers that provides a reference that leads to a full installation project! Contact rob@blomstrom.tech or HERE for details!
Contact your friends, neighbors, family, and collegues and let them know how Blomstrom.Tech helped you!
New Unifi products from Ubiquiti
The network landscape has changed quite a bit in the last few years.
1G (Gigabit) speeds are now the low end standard and 2.5G, 10G, and 25G are readily available for more demanding use cases.
On the WiFi side - 2G (GigaHertz) is now old and mainly used for light trafic IoT devices like thermostats. 5G is in heavy use with 6G and 7G availble for those with a need for speed!
See the latest hardware below...
Ordering Hardware Directly through Ubiquiti
We now have the ability of creating a "quote" style cart for you to purchase Ubiquiti Unifi products!
The benefits of this service for you include:
- Buying directly from Ubiquiti to ensure valid warrentees and current products
- No markup from 3rd party sources.
- Our expertise to ensure the complete interoperability of product choices and allow us to make recomendations.
- Deeper visibility of products than on standard ui.com store site. (i.e. accesories)
- Let us navigate the extensive product lines and recommend best choices for your needs!
- Helping us to build a better business reputation with Ubiquiti to in turn help you better!
Home Network Architecture
Over the years I've had the pleasure of helping my customers improve their home networks.
Many people have included a home office and/or work from home activities into their modern routines.
This has resulted in endless frustration from weak connetions and slow speeds.
I have learned what best works in our larger homes.
My approach and the equipment I recommend is business grade.
My solutions typically have to remedy years of band-aid solutions and layers of failed DIY.
My approach:
- We begin by stipping ALL the legacy attempts to create a network.
This includes removing mesh units, old telephone terminations, coaxial cable TV hookups, etc. - We establish a single source input for the internet access (aka "WAN").
This would be the cable modem or fiber optic feed. - We identify existing wiring if available and run new lines as required
to create a stable and reliable wire backbone to build upon. - Add in the workhorse hardware:
- Powerful firewall/controller/recorder. (i.e. UDM-Pro)
- Network switches.
- Access points for WiFi, Cameras and accessories
- Clean power is provided with a UPS battery.
Wire closet relocation
Do you have a wire closet that is badly located?
Often it is in a child's bedroom closet or some other inconvient place.
I have been asked many times if these can be moved to another location.
The short answer - YES!
However...
The process is very labor intensive and can have significant costs for time and materials.
I have done a number of these jobs and can help plan yours if interested!
The more common solution is to move the wires up from the builder's "structured wiring cabinet" to a new rack above the closet shelf. See an example HERE
Business grade resilient networks
The equipment I recommend works so well because it is designed for the needs of business.
A business environment can have even greater needs for reliability and redundancy.
This need has been address by Ubiquiti through their "Enterprise" and "Campus" products.
Contact me if you need:
- Failsafe / failover WAN capabilty including
- LTE backup (or other backup internet service)
- Dual internet providers
- Redundant firewalls
- Redundant switches and network topology
- Redundant, DC power backup, and Power PDU
- User authentication and easy VPN capabilities
- Highly scalable camera systems storage and management -
including multi-site organization. - Enterprise grade access points capable of thousands of users, 10G and redundant connections
- Door access and intercoms
- VoIP phone systems
- Digital Signage
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Contact me: HERE
