Included in a typical proposal
- Design labour against the agreed floor and user count.
- Configuration of the equipment listed in the proposal.
- Installation labour if we are contracted to fit it.
- Tests and documentation named in the proposal.
IT SOLUTIONS
Office network setup
in Dubai & the UAE.
Build a workplace network around the people, devices and applications using it. We plan connectivity, configuration and handover as one project rather than a collection of unrelated equipment purchases.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
A plain explanation of the work.
Office network setup is the design and implementation of the wired path your workplace uses: incoming internet, the firewall or router that marks the boundary, switches, and the cabling that reaches desks and wireless access points. It is a project with a floor plan, not a shopping list of branded boxes. Wi-Fi has its own page because coverage planning is a different survey, but the two meet in the same cupboard.
A UAE office network also lives under landlord rules. Some buildings insist on their own fibre termination, a nominated ISP, or a prohibition on certain antenna placements. Those facts belong in discovery. A design that ignores the riser will fail at installation even if the equipment list looks complete.
The result you should be able to point to is a labelled cabinet, documented addressing, a guest path that does not sit on the same terms as staff, and a handover that lets someone add a desk without guessing VLAN numbers from memory.
A CLEAR PICTURE
A labelled diagram, not a decoration.
- Internet service The building or ISP circuit that actually arrives.
- Firewall boundary What is allowed in and out, and how remote staff connect.
- Switching & cabling Ports, VLANs and the cupboard that can be labelled.
- Desks & access points The places people and wireless equipment connect.
WHO IT IS FOR
The situations this page is written for.
New offices, refurbished floors, warehouses adding an office, and workplaces that have grown by plugging extra switches into extra switches until nobody can name a single path to the internet.
- Fit-outs that need data points planned with furniture, not after it arrives.
- Offices replacing a consumer router that now serves thirty people.
- Teams that need a firewall change, site-to-site access, or a guest network with a written rule.
- Managers preparing a move who want the network built before the first trading morning.
TYPICAL SCOPE
What a proposal usually names.
01
Requirements and layout
Count users and rooms, mark comms-room location, and read the floor plan against furniture. Identify cameras, payment devices, printers and access-control panels that need a network point. A walk-through beats a marketing floorplate.
02
Switching and wireless backhaul
Specify switches, routing and the uplinks that access points will use. Wireless radio planning is on the business Wi-Fi page; this page still reserves power, ports and VLAN separation those access points need.
03
Firewall and access
Set the boundary you asked for: staff, guest, maybe a camera VLAN, and remote access that is more than a generic “open port”. Rules are as tight as your applications allow. A VPN or other remote method is configured only when named, with an owner for the accounts.
04
Testing and documentation
Check the named desks, the firewall path to agreed applications, and labelling. You receive a simple diagram, addressing notes, and administrative credentials handled as secrets, not as a WhatsApp screenshot.
HOW THE WORK RUNS
The sequence we follow once the brief is clear.
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Survey the building constraints
ISP delivery, landlord rules, existing cabling quality, and power in the cabinet.
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Design addressing and boundaries
What must be separate, what may share, and which device is the source of truth for DHCP and DNS.
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Install and migrate live traffic
A window when people can expect a short interruption, with a rollback if the old router can still be used.
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Prove and document
Test the user paths, label, and hand over the diagram.
INCLUDED AND QUOTED SEPARATELY
Labour versus things that sit on their own line.
Quoted separately
- Switches, firewalls, UPS units, cabinets and patch leads.
- Structured cabling and electrical work by those trades.
- ISP contracts, public IP ranges and building riser fees.
- Wi-Fi site surveys beyond the ports this project provides, unless combined in one proposal.
AFTER HANDOVER
What you should hold when the work is done.
You should be able to name the firewall, the switch stack, and how a new desk gets an address. Spare ports are marked. Firmware update responsibility is stated — you, a vendor, or a later AMC — so it does not vanish.
If remote access was configured, unused accounts from the installation are removed. A guest network that still uses a printed password from 2019 is called out as a follow-up, not left as a joke in the cupboard.
PLANNING THE WORK
Questions worth asking.
Can you keep our existing firewall?
If it still receives updates, meets the requirement, and you hold the licence, often yes. End-of-support hardware is a risk we will describe rather than silently reuse.
Do you include internet service?
We can work with the ISP you already have or help you understand what the building offers. The telecom contract is theirs, not a hidden line on this page.
Will this fix slow Wi-Fi?
Only if the cause is the backhaul, addressing or interference from a poor cupboard design. Radio coverage is the Wi-Fi service. Many offices need both, quoted as one combined job if you prefer.
CONNECTED SERVICES
Explore the next piece.
LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT
Your next step starts
with a conversation.
Tell us what you want to improve, build or simplify. We’ll help you define a practical way forward.
Discuss your project