What is the crappiest network build you've ever seen?

Posted by Ivan Petrushev on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Ivan Petrushev
Published on 2010-04-09T06:42:12Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 6:53 UTC
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This is only about networks you have seen personaly, not heared from others or seen on pictures at the web.

Cables hanging from the ceiling lamps?
Cables going trough culverts and other tubes?
Switches and other equipment in the cleaner's closet?
Cleaning lady's rags drying hanging from the cables?
Key to the main node door possesed only by the janitor (or other non-tech and completely non-network-related guy)?
Switches powered by foreign power adapters (cheaper and providing non-specified voltage or amperage)?

All of this was in my old dormitory. Tell us about your bad experience.

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