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Home Network Setup

KuJoe

KuJoe

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Just ordered this to replace my failing Cisco(Linksys) router at home: http://routerboard.com/CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN

I was going to order the 24 port version, which was only $8 more for a used one on eBay, but decided to get a 24 port 10Gbps Infiniband switch to play with instead. I'm going to be replacing my single bay Synology NAS with a custom USB 3.0 SSD NAS instead.
 
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hostinghouston

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Mine is pretty simple, but we have a lot of devices that use our network, because we are geeks...and have 3 kids....and, well, coz we can! lol

Internet Connection is AT&T U-Verse 18Mbps soon to be replaced with Suddenlink Cable 50Mbps. Connected by the stock AT&T modem/wifi router they supply. It's not the best, but it gets the job done.

My main PC is a Gateway All-in-One, with an AMD Quad Core CPU. I upgraded the machine to include an SSD and went from 4GB RAM to 8GB RAM. I'ts 3 years old and runs like a dream. It's also touchscreen with 21.5" screen.

My wife then has an Dell laptop she uses and does all her stuff on. It's nothing fancy, but she likes it.

Roku Streaming Stick and a Roku 3 hooked up to our two TV's for streaming. My main PC has a plex server installed so we can watch all our medai content which we just store on a external drive for now until I get an Intel NUC to handle all that stuff.

Nintendo Wii, 2x iPad Mini's, an iPad Air. I use the iPad Air, my wife uses the 2nd gen iPad Mini and the other iPad mini was the 1st gen my wife upgraded from which we kept and use exclusively for the kids. We homeschool and have found that using the iPad for researching and teaching is a vital tool.

I also have a range extender and various other devices sat around.
 
KuJoe

KuJoe

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Awww... the new router/switch I ordered won't be in stock for at least 1-2 weeks so I ordered the 24 port version instead. Might need to make some modifications to my desk to mount it properly now.
 
betatester

betatester

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Yeah, late to the game but here is my setup. This took a while to build.

Cox w/ 50MBps down & 15 MBps up (typically 20/3) @ 300GBs/mo soft limit (w/ free monthly overages notificatoins  :D )

Scientific-Atlanta WebSTAR DPC2100 Cable Modem DOCSIS 2.0 w/ Netgear CD3000 DOCSIS 3.0 replacement on station w/ APC Back-UPS ES 8 Outlet 550VA

 |__ Western Digital My Net N900 Central w/ 1TB integrated network storage - quad networks | dual 5GHz Guest & Hidden SSID and dual 2.4Ghz Guest & SSID1 ch 4 on UPS

   |__ NAS -  Iomega 2TB RAID 1 w/ Plex media w/ 2TB USB backup on UPS

   |__Office via Belkin F5D4085 Powerline AV500

      |__  Desktop w/ 3 NICs & ASUS PCE-AC66 w/ Plex Server & VMs - i7 2.6k w/ 16gbs w/ APC Smart-UPS RM SMT1500RM2U

      |__  Raspberry Pi B+ testing on SSID1

   |__Home Cat 5 wired network    

      |__  Living Room - Asus RT-55n w/ quad networks | 5GHz (disabled) & 2.4Ghz Open network w/ isolation and duplicated SSID1 ch 11

      |__ Every single person who walks in my house's WiFi device on the open\isolated network & my various devices

   |__Garage via wireless bridge on DDWRT'd Linksys WRT54GS SSID1

      |__  Linksys WRT150 home network Pen-tester

      |__  Netgear Prosafe FVS318v3 - subnet on APC Smart-UPS RM SMT1500RM2U

        |__ 2x Cisco 1900 Switches w/ every friends* pc requiring repair & upgrades - currently 6 w/o

      |__  ECS thin ITX NM70-TI for VPS testing  & upcoming NAS/Firewall Build
 
TekStorm - Walter

TekStorm - Walter

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Mine is simple, I have a moderm from the company with unlimited, with high speed business and a wireless connection, it simple but it gets the job done.
 
rmlhhd

rmlhhd

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Sorry for bringing back a year old thread!


So... it's been a year now! How have your setups changed?


I've been reading through this thread and some of you have interesting topics.


In the UK, RAM and SSD's are becoming increasingly cheaper allowing for some quite beefy systems for a small price. 


At the moment I've got -


TP-Link TD-W9980 (BT Fibre VDSL2+)
1Gbps TP-Link Switch
Synology  DS215j NAS - 3 x 3TB
Gigabyte Brix 2955u - Home Server


I've also got two Routerboard's but their not being used at the moment.


I'd love to build a nicer home setup with some beefy servers but I'm not home much so I went for the dedicated server route with my own ASN, IP Space and Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Pro 8 


Sorry I don't have any server porn to show you. I hope some of you can share your home server porn.


I found this on reddit in r/homeserver - I don't know what it is about it but I like it a lot - http://i.imgur.com/MXiipoR.png
 
KuJoe

KuJoe

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Primary router:
1x Mikrotik CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN


Secondary routers:
2x MikroTik hAP lite (1 on opposite ends of the house)


Miscellaneous switches:
1x TP-LINK TL-SG105
1x TP-LINK TL-SG108


Network monitoring:
Observium on Raspberry Pi 2


Network Storage:
1x Synology DS110j
1x Synology BC115j


PoE Injectors:
2x NEEWER Autoranging Switching 48V-0.5A Wall Plug POE Injector


IP Cameras:
2x Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I
 
JahAGR

JahAGR

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A year later the only real hardware changes I made were upgrading to a semi-managed switch so I could use VLANs and replacing failed NAS hardware. I did try to simplify some of the software aspects of my network so I can sleep better etc


Internet connection:


Arris CM820A cable modem


Router-type stuff:


pfSense VM on ESXi


Ubuntu VM doing recursive DNS


Switches:


TP-LINK TL-SG108E


Various other 5- and 8-port consumer grade gigabit switches


Servers:


3x ESXi hypervisors - 16GB 2x Xeon each


Network monitoring:


Observium VM on ESXi


Network storage:


Windows Server 2012 R2 physical HW RAID


IP cameras:


MayGion/Wansview outdoor, Wansview indoor pan/tilt wireless


How do I get the forum to not have huge spacing between lines in my posts?
 
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