What's your home network like?

I'd hate to see some of your electricity bills :p

I just use my desktop as a 'server' .. it's oonly to share films onto my TV anyway, so a dedicated server would be overkill for me really.
 
Short answer: we do a lot of printing

Long answer:

ML1610 - Envelopes
LJ6MP - Slow, inexpensive runs (I've got boxes of the toner cartridges and a replacement printer - but it prints about one page every 5-6 seconds)

Photosmart - For photos :p
LJ3100 - Just used for a fax
LJ1210 - Document scanning and fast run printing
CLP500 - For graphics/reports
 
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Netgear Router
- Desktop PC {Wired}
- SGSII {Wifi}
- Ghetto Dell Laptop {Wifi but usually off}
- Old PC {Wired but usually off}

My current gaming PC will become a media PC when I upgrade.
My old PC will become NAS.
My laptop will go in the kitchen.
 
Currently...and I mean currently I have 11 x Poweredge 1850's running Ubuntu as they're going to be moved on shortly. Keep 1 as main server. Then have a dually atom box as a file server. Then have 3 pc's and 1 laptop connected via a Dell Poweredge 2716 managed gigabit switch. T'internet is via Sky LLU which is currently syncing at 9845/945.
 
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Fairly simple setup, a couple of games console, a few wifi mobiles. A Desktop computer (2 laptops not shown) then a hyper v server which is also my primary domain controller with guest VMs for running labs.

Current running a webserver and exchange 2010.
 
I have the office, living room and garage cabled with 4xCAT6 in each, all terminating under the stairs.

A filtered face plate runs telephone and ADSL over cat6 under the stairs as well, where the telephone is looped into the living room and the office via CAT6.

A linux server in the garage handled routing of Cable internet, file server, downloads etc. but I'm in the process of removing this as it's a waste of electricity when my main desktop is on 24/7 and far more power efficient. Routing will now be handled by a DIR615 running DD-WRT.

Desktop runs Plex Media Server which serves content to Apple TV in the living room and iPad in the bedroom with an AV adapter.

Simplicity is the key :)
 
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My Desktop PC < Billion 7800N > (Wifi) HTC Desire, GF's Laptop, Nintendo 3DS, My Laptop
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2 x XBox 360, PS3, Wii, Occasionally work laptop
 
Why are people running Active Directory :D When you probably have less than 5 people in the house :D

How ridiculous and a tiny bit sad.
 
Talbs13 said:
Why are people running Active Directory :D When you probably have less than 5 people in the house :D

How ridiculous and a tiny bit sad.
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Active directory gives you a lot more than just the ability to centrally control user accounts. The AD in my house is 99% for testing & training purposes, however thanks to folder redirection and DFS namespaces I have a rather resilient desktop, and the ability though remote desktop gateway to vpn into a virtual desktop from anywhere with an internet connection.
 
ecksmen said:
The AD in my house is 99% for testing & training purposes
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I've never understood that - fine, have a setup for testing if you need it at home, which I guess some self employed people will, but integrating it into your home network and desktops? Really, so when you're trying something new and it doesn't work, you've now broken your home network for watching iplayer and the like? That's a slightly strange version of resilience and why my home network consists of an expensive router and an access point - it needs to work all the time, it's a utility, that isn't achieved by massive complexity and having it interlinked to testing systems for work purposes.
 
Active Directory is unbelievably simple to setup, and to have it running is good for practice, and I can't see no reason why not to have it in a home network.

Where's the point in not having it?
 
Tingle said:
Active Directory is unbelievably simple to setup, and to have it running is good for practice, and I can't see no reason why not to have it in a home network.

Where's the point in not having it?
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Massive unneeded complexity? Reliance on another machine to log in if you're making use of it's features? Waste of electricity running machines? Why would you have it is the more pertinent question surely...

I'd also ammend that to
Active Directory is unbelievably simple to setup badly in an unoptimised way suitable for small networks only
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