Post your HOME networking setup!

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Ah just looked at the email I have in my Trust, its out of date. The one in my sig is working a-ok though, get a lot of mail there. Will email you now...
 
Some uber home networks there :o

I've only got VM Modem -> Netgear WGR614 -> 3 PCs & 1 PS3 & 1 Laptop (wireless)
 
LOL I've been in IT for 11 years now, Cisco/Checkpoint/Nokia specialist, VPN/QoS/Security/VOIP/clustering and WANs for well known oil company and enjoy tech as much as the next person, but LOL at some of those setups. :)

I like to leave most of it at work really. Home is about discrete and suitable hardware.

Have simple GX150 desktop with 2 NICs running pfsense/IPSEC VPN for RAS and internet firewalling duties, GX240 desktop running XP for BFTP server, P2P, uPnP media server, twonkyvision for xBox360, transcoding duties at nighttime. <--These two are in the loft. Loft has 4 Cat-5e links channeled through the wall into the sparebedroom/office. In there is my desktop PC, print server, ADSL connection and WAP. Lounge has MP3 player, xBox360 and PS2 hanging of a wireless bridge. XBox360 running MCE extender duties. Also laptop (from work!) for browsing round the home and iPaq for PDA duties. Sorted. Will probably add a Thecux 5200 in the loft at some point and a dedicated MCE in the lounge when I go HD. Other than that what else would you need?

Simon
 
S_D said:
:eek::eek::eek: You binned a Sun Sparc!!! Sacrilege man. :eek::eek:
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Nah course I didn't bin that, it's going to be part of my next project to work out when my minifridge is running low on beer and order some more via tesco.com ;)

OBP > Bios
 
DRZ said:
How about some more subnets? Perhaps some VOIP? VPN or two? OSPF? :D:D
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Vlan or two? a sprinkling of L3... maybe some L7 and QoS for lag free gaming?
hehe... See what your saying tho.. But even then i'd just have a soundproof server room ;)
 
I'll post mine when I get back home, nothing special though, Cisco 1841 for terminating two ADSL lines and load balancing tunnels over them to work, a Juniper SSG5 for firewall duties though I'm going to double it up soon and run two SSG5s in active/active HA as a test.

Other than that, a airport extreme, a personal laptop and work laptop. Server are in a datacenter instead of at home, I like my tech stuff but at home I want functional and enough to do the job...
 
Guess i just mess around with the config too much for it to be remote, and talking of load balancing I really want an ISP that gives me BGP :(

Also, on the subject of Clustering, I am planning on setting up a solaris cluster suite 3.2 cluster using a ZFS Fileserver and iSCSI (now that iSCSI supports Scsi3 persistent reservations) instead of expensive FC connectors, should work well, and be kinda cool :P
 
TrX said:
Guess i just mess around with the config too much for it to be remote, and talking of load balancing I really want an ISP that gives me BGP :(

Also, on the subject of Clustering, I am planning on setting up a solaris cluster suite 3.2 cluster using a ZFS Fileserver and iSCSI (now that iSCSI supports Scsi3 persistent reservations) instead of expensive FC connectors, should work well, and be kinda cool :P
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Well BGP isn't a problem, convincing an ISP to give you BGP over a home connection will be though...would also mean your own AS and the like though.

I did have a thought about setting up BGP and getting a full internet routing table at home (it was for a project) but I gave up on the grounds that any router meaty enough to run a full routing table would be LOUD. (that I could just do it in the lab)
 
Pretty small fry really

D-Link DIR-655 Gigabit Router (Downstairs)
D-Link 8 Port Gigabit Switch (Upstairs)

IBM Thinkcentre running as a backup and print server (plus an external SATA 250gb and an external 400gb)

Synology DS-207 (2x500gb) - Photos
Synology DS-106e (400gb) - Backups
Synology DS-101g+ (250gb) - Apps
Thecus N2100 (2x160gb) - DVD's and DIvX

Dell Poweredge 350 Server gathering dust
 
bigredshark said:
Well BGP isn't a problem, convincing an ISP to give you BGP over a home connection will be though...would also mean your own AS and the like though.

I did have a thought about setting up BGP and getting a full internet routing table at home (it was for a project) but I gave up on the grounds that any router meaty enough to run a full routing table would be LOUD. (that I could just do it in the lab)
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That was the problem I meant, getting a home ISP to give me BGP :P..
Ahh if only. Any recommendation on the cheapest business provider that would support this? (Just wondering if you know, don't go to any trouble looking into it ;P)
 
TrX said:
That was the problem I meant, getting a home ISP to give me BGP :P..
Ahh if only. Any recommendation on the cheapest business provider that would support this? (Just wondering if you know, don't go to any trouble looking into it ;P)
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No idea, we do it but we are not cheap. Tiscali (despite the horror stories about their DSL) are very good for ip transit, we have one of our backup gig pipes with them. For volume ip transit them and level3 are the best value I know off, but obviously being an ISP I haven't really looked around the market.

We generally wouldn't do BGP on a connection less than 10Mbit, and we prefer sending a default route to a full routing table. Hope that helps in some way..
 
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