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VESA mounting a wall-mountable switch?

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I randomly peeked at Amazon last night, and saw a TP-Link TL-SX105 for sale. It fits the bill for what I'm looking for for a new network switch, and while it would fit where my existing gigabit switch sits, I'm thinking about overhauling my overall setup. First off, I'm considering replacing my old Haswell based Xeon E3 1280V3 with a new, third gen Ryzen mini-pc from Minis Forum, and the plan would be to add the SFF machine to the back of my quad monitor VESA mount. I could grab an extra single monitor arm and just slap it on there. Which got me wondering, why don't I just mount my networking gear as well?

 

So, is there a VESA mount plate that would allow me to mount a SFF machine, then have my switch sandwiched up against the VESA mount system? Getting as much stuff up off the floor is really starting to become important, and being able to buy a 6" Cat 6A cable to run from the SFF machine to the switch would be more economical than running a 4' cable.

 

My alternative idea would be to get the extra VESA arm, and build a SFF machine using a Mini ITX case, and simply modding the case so I could just directly attach the switch to the case using the wall mount system built into the bottom of the switch.

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Depending on the spacing of the screws on the bottom of the switch, could you mount both to a single Vesa with something like this?

https://hideitmounts.com/products/tech_universal_computer_accessories_vesa_mount_adapter_hideit_univesa

 

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I'm envisioning a dual monitor arm, monitor on the left, switch on the right... know that probably isn't the plan. It theoretically would work if the screw size is the same, and if not you could probably find cheap screws that would work

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Not that I understand why you would buy a switch like that, but you can always use zip ties to tie it to a VESA monitor mounting plate.  The casing of the switch doesn't seem to have have any screw holes you could use, and taping it to the plate is unlikely to hold.  Or you could make some metal bracket or weld something together ...

 

I also don't understand why you would overburdon your monitor arm like that; you must have some kind of industrial strength arm to hold all that weight --- but that's just me ... 🙂

 

Just get a nice 19" rack (or a 19" network enclosure if you don't need much depth: there are some made to be wall-mounted) and install everything in there.  They keep out the dust nicely, too.

 

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16 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Depending on the spacing of the screws on the bottom of the switch, could you mount both to a single Vesa with something like this?

https://hideitmounts.com/products/tech_universal_computer_accessories_vesa_mount_adapter_hideit_univesa

 

The switch I'm looking at is a 10gb multigigabit switch, so it's rather... Beefy compared to what I've currently got (I have an 8 port gigabit switch).  Trying to keep airflow in mind.

 

4 hours ago, heimdali said:

Not that I understand why you would buy a switch like that, but you can always use zip ties to tie it to a VESA monitor mounting plate.  The casing of the switch doesn't seem to have have any screw holes you could use, and taping it to the plate is unlikely to hold.  Or you could make some metal bracket or weld something together ...

 

I also don't understand why you would overburdon your monitor arm like that; you must have some kind of industrial strength arm to hold all that weight --- but that's just me ... 🙂

 

Just get a nice 19" rack (or a 19" network enclosure if you don't need much depth: there are some made to be wall-mounted) and install everything in there.  They keep out the dust nicely, too.

 

Overburden? It's a solid steel piece, and it's rated for 4 32" monitors. I'm running 24" monitors, with one 27".

 

I literally do not have room for a rack, or a network enclosure. I also live in a dusty hell, so anything on the floor just gets destroyed by dust. Getting stuff up off the floor is important, and I have room behind my monitors, and I would like to utilize it.

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Oooh, I think this might be exactly what I was looking for:

 

https://www.amazon.com/HumanCentric-Bracket-Computer-Monitor-Surface/dp/B07KY3LHVG

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