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Real businesses. Real problems. Practical solutions.

The technology is different from project to project, but the approach is consistent: understand the real problem, design something appropriate for the business, implement it carefully, and stay involved when the customer wants an ongoing technology partner.

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Project overview

Three different businesses. Three different technology problems.

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Community Soccer Club

Complete facility technology transition

A new-facility transition covering business networking, Wi-Fi, Protect cameras, vendor coordination, user training, and later email-deliverability work.

UniFiCamerasVendor CoordinationDKIM / DMARC
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Landscaping Company

Reliable Wi-Fi with room to grow

A focused UniFi redesign that solved coverage and roaming issues without overengineering the environment.

NetworkingWi-FiUniFiFuture Protect
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Accounting Service

Multi-phase modernization since 2023

What began as a QuickBooks performance problem grew into network, workstation, server, backup, and ongoing-support projects.

Network7 PCsServerBackupSupport

Community Soccer Club

A complete facility technology transition.

What began as unreliable connectivity became an opportunity to build the new facility correctly from the start — and to bridge the IT gap between several vendors during the move.

New facility technology transition
Network + Wi-Fi + Protect + vendor coordination + email delivery
UniFi6 Protect cameras~50 devices at busy timesAV integrationPhone connectivityDKIM / DMARC

Problem

Computers, printers, and streaming devices regularly struggled to connect. Three independent consumer wireless access points overlapped one another, while the wired network contained loops and lacked a cohesive design.

Approach

The move to a new facility became the chance to design a business-grade environment around centralized management, reliable coverage, appropriate redundancy, and room for future growth.

Result

The club moved into the new building with a coordinated technology foundation instead of recreating the fragmented environment it had left behind.

What the project included

  • UniFi Dream Machine Pro and 24-port switching
  • Business-grade wireless infrastructure
  • Six UniFi Protect cameras covering work, gathering, and field areas
  • Coordination with structured-cabling and electrical teams on the rack, power, and cabling
  • Network coordination with the AV installer and phone-system vendor
  • Staff training for viewing, reviewing, and downloading video in UniFi Protect
  • Later DKIM / DMARC work after a SaaS service experienced email-delivery problems
  • Ongoing maintenance, updates, and support
Why this project matters

A new building has a lot of vendors. Someone still needs to make sure all of their technology works together. This project became as much about technology coordination and ownership as it was about installing network equipment.

Landscaping Company

Reliable Wi-Fi today. Ready for tomorrow.

A focused example of right-sizing the solution: fix the coverage and roaming problems without overengineering the environment.

Focused infrastructure upgrade
One managed network instead of two independent wireless islands.
UniFi Dream Machine Pro2 access pointsCoverageRoamingFuture Protect-ready

Problem

Two separate wireless access points served different areas of the building. Users experienced poor roaming, inconsistent coverage, and general reliability problems as devices moved through the facility.

Solution

A UniFi Dream Machine Pro and two properly planned access points created a single centrally managed wireless environment designed around the coverage the business actually needed.

Result

The company gained a centrally managed wireless environment with improved coverage and roaming, plus a platform that can support a future camera project without redesigning the network again.

Right-sized design

Enterprise experience does not mean enterprise complexity. Two access points were enough, so two access points were what the business needed — with an architecture that still leaves somewhere useful to grow.

Small Business Accounting Service

One support call became a long-term technology relationship.

Since 2023, an initial QuickBooks performance complaint has grown into several planned modernization projects and ongoing support.

Multi-phase modernization
Network → workstations → server → backup → ongoing support
Network rebuild7 PCsDell server2.5 Gb switchingSynology backup

It started with QuickBooks

The shared QuickBooks environment was slow and disconnecting. Investigation showed the application was not the real root cause: the office had at least five switches scattered around the building, network loops, and older wiring.

Build the foundation

The first project refreshed the wiring, removed unnecessary switches and loops, and centralized the network around a business firewall and 24-port switch. The new foundation delivered a major reliability improvement.

Modernize in phases

Later projects replaced seven PCs, then upgraded the server environment with a new Dell server, UniFi 2.5 Gb switching, and Synology NAS storage for backups.

What the relationship demonstrates

  • Troubleshoot the underlying infrastructure instead of treating the visible symptom
  • Plan migrations rather than replacing business computers one at a time
  • Modernize infrastructure in stages that build on one another
  • Use the technology and vendors that fit the environment rather than forcing one platform everywhere
  • Continue with maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting, and support after the project is finished
Ongoing partnership

The value is not only in completing an installation. It is becoming someone who already understands the environment when the next technology problem or decision appears.

A pattern across all three projects

The project ends. The relationship can continue.

Each of these customers chose to keep Dan's Tech Stuff involved after the initial implementation for maintenance, updates, troubleshooting, planning, or future projects.

Customer names and sensitive technical details are intentionally omitted. Any customer-identifying photography, logos, or other material will only be published with appropriate permission.

Maintenance & updates
Troubleshooting
Technology planning
Future project design
Vendor coordination
Ongoing support

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