I have a bunch of these, very useful and not super expensive. http://www.amazon.com/800poe-edgeconnect-managed-ethernet-switch/dp/B002YBC4VG
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Chaim Rieger <chaim.rie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 12, 2011 6:08 PM, "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org> wrote: >> >> In a message written on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:28:57PM -0500, Charles N > Wyble wrote: >> > I'm curious what other NANOGers have in their home compute centers? On >> > the extreme end of course we have mr morris :) >> > with his uber lab: http://smorris.uber-geek.net/lab.htm >> >> I have installed a 2 post rack in a previous house, and wired several >> houses now with Cat 5E to every room. That said, I gave up on large >> amounts of equipment at home a long time ago. Be it the power bill, >> AC needs, or just plain noise from data center equipment they are >> all good reasons to not have gear at home. >> >> A quality home router is important, I've rolled my own with FreeBSD >> running on a PC-Engines box, 5W, no fan, sitting on a 1000VA UPS, >> it lasts for like 3+ hours when the power fails. I've also had >> luck with some Netgear boxes. Simiarly a good WiFi box, these days >> MIMO on both 2.4 and 5Ghz. Airport Exterme or Netgear again are >> good choices. Don't want to roll your own? Consider OpenWRT, or >> CeroWRT on the right hardware. >> >> Beyond that, a nice home file server, rsynced to something in a >> real data center each night. This a combo of backup plus high speed >> access no matter which side of the home connection you are on. I >> currently use a PC I built myself, which is good, but I would like >> something that uses less power. I'm looking hard at a Mac Mini >> "server", with an external RAID (perhaps 2x3TB drives, RAID 1) as >> I think it will draw even less power, but I'm not sure yet. >> >> You might notice a trend with me, low power, which means low heat >> output and long runtime on UPS, fanless so no noise, small footprint. >> Gotta have GigE to every room wired for desktops, printers, cameras, >> TV's, playstations, etc. Netgear 5 port switches are awesome, >> lifetime warranty, small, cheap. >> >> The holy grail I'm searching for now? A GigE switch with POE, >> unmanaged is ok, and probably preferred from a price perspective; >> but with NO FAN. >> > > I have a spare Poe dummy switch you are welcome to. > Oh and it doesn't have a fan, > >> -- >> Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 >> PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ >
