Network layout showoff

[Lady Fitzgerald]

 

This the latest photo of my network "hub" in the linen closet in my bathroom (more room there and it's out of sight and out of mind). I've since added an el cheapo landline phone for when the power is out and relocated the UPS to where I could more easily see the LCD panel. The two Ethernet cables disappearing into the Keystone wallplate on the left go to my computer and printer in another room.

[jagdtigger]

Nice. Im also planning doing something like this but ATM getting money piled up for house building loan takes priority... For now i have this pretty messy setup:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8vutht7lcuwzze/IMG_20190625_120138.jpg?dl=0

 

And i replaced the apu board to something beefier:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/93yjvw48sbkac4v/IMG_20190625_120611.jpg?dl=0

(Its in the middle with the taped down power button.)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwk3y8dk41bzxj6/IMG_20190625_120847.jpg?dl=0

[Real_PhillBert]

Here's my first ever attempt at setting up a network rack, so dont judge too harshly.

 

 

 

Ignore the white ethernet cable coming out of the switch to the right, it's just there for me to plug in the laptop to configure the switch. 

 

I have a few more things on order to help clean it up a bit more as well. 

 

The next step is going to be a Unifi USG Pro 4. 

[PsyOpWarlord]

The basic network center of my house down in the basement.  It gets the job done keeping all the ones and zeros flowing efficiently throughout the house and all my networked devices are happy.  The next step is I need to learn how to do a really good network diagram of everything in the house, and not just the basement that you see here.  I usually have about 40-50 IP addresses connected at a given time (there is an abundance of wireless smart home devices at work). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reason the server is mounted in the job site box was an experiment to see if was feasible to have something bolted to the floor so it would be hard to walk off with the security footage if someone broke into the house.

 

The media converters were an experiment to see about providing an air-gap/non conductive break between my cable modem and router from lightning electrical surges coming in on the coax cable. Same reason for the separate 8 port POE switch was so in case of lighting surge from a camera it wouldn't take out my main switch.

 

The orange patch cables go to wall jacks throughout the house, the yellow patch cables connect to items in the basement, and the red jacks are for the security cameras.

 

Breakdown of equipment used:

 

Tripp-Lite SR2POST 45U 2 Post Rack

24-Port CATV Patch Panel

Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 Lite w/ 2 LC SFPs

1U Brush Panel

24-Port Cat6 Patch Panel

Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8 POE 150W w/ LC SFP

Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite 3

1U Brush Panel

(3) OpticalSNS Media Converters w/ LC SFP

Netgear CM1000 Cable Modem

CyberPower CPS-1215RM Power Distribution Unit

BenQ GW2265 Monitor 22 Inch wall mounted to 8U Blank Panel

Keyboard Shelf

Back of Rack (not seen) - Raspberry Pi3B+ (Pi-Hole)

Back of Rack (not seen) - HDHomeRun Connect Quatro

 

Rigid 2032-OS Job Site Box

Added Ventilation Box w/ Fan

Dell XPS 8900 Computer/Server for Plex and BlueIris

24GB RAM

(2) WD Red 8TB Drives (For Plex Media)

(2) WD Purple 2TB Drives for Security Cameras

 

APC 1500LCD UPS

 

[Lurick]

 

Last updated: Nov 2020

[jagdtigger]

On 7/24/2019 at 3:49 AM, PsyOpWarlord said:

The reason the server is mounted in the job site box was an experiment to see if was feasible to have something bolted to the floor so it would be hard to walk off with the security footage if someone broke into the house.

And how bad are the CPU temps under load? I imagine the ventilation is pretty bad despite the fan blowing air in....

[PsyOpWarlord]

On 7/25/2019 at 5:57 AM, jagdtigger said:

And how bad are the CPU temps under load? I imagine the ventilation is pretty bad despite the fan blowing air in....

It hasn't impacted the temps at all being inside the job box.  The crappy stock cpu cooler is the only impact on the temps.  Running Prime95 for about 2 hours maxing the CPU, I get about the same temps whether the computer is in or out of the job box.  Averaging around 80-84 degrees C.  Again that is because of the cheap Dell cpu cooler.  During the 2 hours in both tests the CPU never throttles.  In fact the base clock is 3.4Ghz and it stayed boosted to about 3.47 at the lowest.

 

I never changed the stock cooler because at the load I generally have the CPU running (16-30% utilization) for BlueIris and Plex, the CPU never gets hot.

 

Now if you want to see some HOT cpu temps, the AMD 9590 cpu I have running in my computer in the loft is a certified space heater.  Even with liquid cooling it scorches

 

 

[jagdtigger]

On 7/28/2019 at 6:07 AM, PsyOpWarlord said:

the AMD 9590 cpu I have running in my computer in the loft is a certified space heater.

Same with my 4670k running at 4.5 GHz. I had to resort to delidding and liquid metal...

[alpha754293]

[delete me]

[jooroth18]

This is my first time doing a network diagram, and i know it sucks really bad, but here is my Home Network Setup. For WI-Fi, i have around 30 connected wireless devices. (to be clear, all devices in this diagram are hard wired).

 

[iJarda]

On 7/25/2019 at 1:51 PM, Lurick said:

Are you using some pre-sale models? is that C9k2 really C9200-48PXG? I couldn't see that exact model in datasheet (with modular uplink, just fixed 9200L-48PXG)

[Lurick]

Just now, iJarda said:

Are you using some pre-sale models? is that C9k2 really C9200-48PXG? I couldn't see that exact model in datasheet (with modular uplink, just fixed 9200L-48PXG)

Yah, I think I made a typo and didn't make it clear the uplinks are fixed. It's the 9200L-48PXG

[Nemesis158]

Here is my small network.

[mikeyw64]

Loving all the subtly different ways people have of visualising their networks

(really must add my printer /scanner to Birdsnest)

[RealGenericEric]

I still need to create another DMZ for IOT and smart devices. Also getting rid of the Domain Controllers as they're only used for LDAP and DNS. Replacing with Linux servers.

[Sir Asvald]

 

 

From the top (not pictured) Samsung Printer

8 Port Netgear Switch

24 port TP-Link Gigabit Switch

Cisco 3750, not being used. I might sell it.

ESXi "Server" Lenovo thinkcentre m82. i7 3770, 28GB Ram, 250gb and a 500gb

It's running;

1. DC 2016
2. Exchange 2013
3. PiHole (Ubuntu)
4. Apps/SQL

ASA 5505 for VPN access

The R210 ii is my Deployment server Running MDT/PDQ

Xeon E3-1240

16GB Ram

2x 500GB HDDs

[EricTrujillo]

My network diagram is pretty simple. There are 16 runs of Cat6 cable running to 3 outlets. 11 in the living room and 5 in the Bedroom. There are also 2 runs of Coax not pictured for backwards compatibility later.

 

All the Ethernet runs are wired to a patch panel which have patch cables running to the switch.

 

Everything that can be wired has been wired. The only things that are on the Wireless network are the cellphones and laptops.

[Eledore]

Was searching for network stuff and found this topic. Let me show you my little chaos of a network.
(At least i always kept a well organized schematic over the years, see history)

 

 

Everything besides a few things everything is 1Gbit.

- IP-Camera's are 100mbit PEO or Power-injector.

- UPS's are 100mbit

- Denkovi relay controler is 10mbit.

Cables

- All runs are Cat5e as most runs in the house where done around 2003~2004.

- All runs to IP-Camera's are the same Cat5e.

- Everything else is either Cat6a with Keystone termination or premade cat6 UTP/SF patch cables.

- All cables in patch panels are color coded for usage.

I don't watch cable TV that often so i have no coax, besides the 3 meters from tv to the coax splitter.

Have no need for phone in my office because cellphones..

The space between Office+Garage and the House is about 8 meters of lovely concrete pavement/driveway.

- I tried and used Powerline connection.. The power cable between them is 4mm 3 phase. Best speed about 210mbit, average 60mbit.

- I tried outdoor UTP/STP with cable bridge protection. It did not last long, rodents eating my cable, and i cheaped out on the bridge so slowly cursing a regular cat6 cable.

- Finally used the same Cable bridge with pre-made load-bearing fiber cable. It is only OM1 but proof of concept how to make it work.

In the racks, almost all servers are off.. Only two are running 24/7. Most of the un-used servers are hooked up to power management, so; they are completely powerless.

My entire network with this house has a long and annoying history of convenience, ability, and reliability. . See a quick history tour here

 

Now last week my OPNsense router fried itself. (Temp replaced with MikroTik Routerboard)

Now looking for new hardware for router and looking around for starting on 10Gbit upgrade..

[jasonvp]

I posted in this thread a few years ago, and things have changed quite a bit in the home base:

 

Sorry for not using pretty 3D stencils and whatnot.  Rectangles are easy.

 

Two Cisco 10Gig "small office" managed switches and one Cisco 1G "small office" managed switch make up the L2 data plane in the house, and they're primarily focused in three locations: the second story office, the first story living room, and the basement.

 

The office is sitting right over the garage; that's important because of where the FIOS ONT is mounted: right inside the garage.  When I had it installed a bunch of years ago, I had all of my computer gear in the aforementioned office.  So I just had the GigE from the ONT run into the office (through the garage ceiling) and terminated it into the router.

 

However, a couple of years later, I decided to migrate as much as I could to the basement, save for my gaming and editing rigs.  That meant moving the router, too, which presented a fun problem.  I had an electrician come in and run 4 x Cat6 cables from the basement to the living room, which is adjacent to the garage.  I then messily ran two pre-terminated Cat5(!) cables from the office, through the floor, into the first story living room.  It's a mess, it's amateur-hour stuff, but it worked: I ran them to the wall jack he installed and I had an L1 path from office to basement.  A managed switch at either end of that 2 x GigE connection allowed me to trunk the FIOS connection from the office to the basement, where the router is sitting.  That's why if you look in the lower right corner of the drawing, you'll see my router (FreeBSD box).  It has 2 10GigE DACs in it running to the switch, servicing my two VLANs.  But it also has a copper GigE to the same switch (on VLAN 1) for the FIOS connection.

 

It works.  It's messy, I hate it, and I want to change it.  Which I'll get to momentarily.

 

Top down:

 

Office: Where I do my work and play.  I work from home for 10+ hours a day and then play for the rest of it (and all weekend).  I recently decided to add a new Mac Pro to the mix of hardware, thereby relieving my Windows PC of any and all editing duties.  Since the Mac has 2 x 10GigE, and the motherboard in my PC also has that single 10GigE, I decided it was finally time to 10Gig-ify my house.  The Mac has both run to the switch in an 802.3ad bundle, and it's got both VLANs trunked to it.  The Windows rig's 10Gig is used to transfer data between it and the Mac (think: OBS Studio dumping game play recordings over the 10Gig to the Mac's storage).  Then for giggles, I picked up a Thunderbolt-3 to 10GigE adapter for my Mac laptop, and added that to the mix.  From there, it's 2 x MM fiber links to the basement, to form a 20GigE 802.3ad bundle with the switch down there.

 

Living room: the important piece of hardware here is the WAP.  Along with that, I have my TV, Roku box, and Blu-Ray player connected to the switch.  This has no real need to be 10Gig, so it's 1Gig.  It's also trunked down to the basement switch.

 

Basement: "jvp's data center".  When I made the decision to go 10Gig, I also decided to update the servers in the basement.  To them, I added Intel 2x10GigE fiber NICs, ones that come with no optics in them.  I added the same card to the router.  Each of the three devices in question are running FreeBSD, and they instantly recognized the new hardware.  The basement switch has eight SFP+ ports and eight copper 10GBASE-T ports.  So, I also picked up six very short DACs and ran those between the three machines and the switch.  Bundles where needed, VLAN trunks where needed, etc, etc.  And it all works.

 

Future Project:

The process of running cables directly from my office to the basement (vs hopping through the living room) taught me that: getting cabling from the garage to the basement is silly easy.  Incredibly so, in fact.  With that, at some point in the near future my plan is to run a length of Cat6 from the Verizon ONT, through the wall separating the garage from the basement ceiling, and directly to the router.  That way I won't have to trunk the Internet connectivity through both of those switches.

 

[BlackBadPenguin]

 

 

 

Router/Modem - Fritz!Box 7490

Non PoE Switch - DLink DGS-1224T

PoE Switch - Netgear GS305P

Access Point Garden - Fritz!Box 7390

Access Point Livingroom - Powerline 1260E

Access Point Guestroom - Powerline 540E

NAS - QNAP TS-251+

Server - HP DL360G6

 

Sorry for my really bad skills with this mapping tool...

[amckern]

Most of the setup is in the Photo. RedBack 6RU Rack

 

 

[andrewnyr]

My updated network. Use RDS in RemoteApp mode to remotely run taxing programs. Reverse proxy on PFSense to run multiple web pages through 1 ip. Also use cloudflare access sso to secure all externally accessed apps. 

 

[Letgomyleghoe.]

Are you all proud of me?Just have to remember to download the game when i'm sleeping. Otherwise a tv some phones and a laptop all are wireless.

[Jarsky]

All of my end devices apart from the servers are on Wifi. 

Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Phones, TV's, Consoles, etc....

[Daniel88]

 

My humble network at home

Internet is 109/42Mbit VDSL2 in Germany, router is used as a modem in bridge mode, Cisco 881-4G with 20-25Mbit LTE as backup

PfSense splits it into some VLANs (LAN, IPTV, those 200ish networks on another NIC)

Some cheap TP Link switches running across my house, forgot my guest VLAN (4.x)

WiFi is UniFi, 2 SSIDs (LAN, guest)

ESXi is my reliable friend, a ML310e Gen8 V1, running since 2014 without issues

No internal VoIP, just a VoIP PBX with 2 wire digital phones for now

 

Those 200ish networks are used in a location just 35m (100ft) away, planned to get its own access (same 109/42Mbit) which will be used as a backup to each other.

Got my hands on a Cisco 3650 and some 1142 APs which are replaced by 2702Is one by one. 3650 is acting as a WLC, 4 of those APs connected, one projector, one SIP DECT base, one printer, and some ports sometimes in use by visitors to either our fire department or our community center. 

 

Not pictured are some VPNs to volunteer fire fighters (all of those related to managing this FD) to have some personal information (EU GDPR) on site and not somewhere in some public cloud storage. And an offsite backup for a friends car shop. That's it I believe