Network pics thread

Got a new router in today to play with. Router Maxx 1108 running Mikrotik.

Intel Atom 1.6, 1gb of ram.

We use the smaller 6 port verson on a ton of our POP's. They do really well.

Had to open it up since it didn't have any warrenty void stickers. It looks like it has a slot for some kind of Cell card complete with simcard slot.
Also, Curious as to why it has two huge heatsinks. I'm sure one is the processor, But what's the other one? Can't take it apart unfortunatly.






 
one is most likely CPU, the other north bridge. My Atom box had to have a heatsink added cause chipset ran hot.
 
I recently setup an Untangle box and moved everything to the end of this table which works well..

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Arris modem, Cisco E2500, Pogoplug pro with 1TB storage
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It's a AM2 3500+, 2GB DDR2, 120GB 2.5 SATA HDD
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Im sure you gutted it, but that dell case brings back bad memories... my spine is frozen right now..
 
I got new toys!






They've been doing a cleanup at work, and managed to score some free stuff that was going to be thrown out.

Cisco 1800 router: Not really much to it that I can use other than the 2 ports. But I imagine I can buy different wic cards for that. Something cool to play with later.

Server rack: I don't really need another 42U rack, but figured why not. Not sure what I'll use it for yet or where I want to put it. But it will be a nice addition to my server room. This extra rack space and cisco router might be a hint to me I should start a Cisco lab. :p

Oh and also scored that filing cabinet but not really network related.


I've been wanting to revamp my current server setup once I have more money and I will probably integrate that project with doing the basic finishing for the basement such as drycore floors and studded/insulated walls. I'll probably install the rack at that point and then start organizing things better.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I got new toys!



They've been doing a cleanup at work, and managed to score some free stuff that was going to be thrown out.

Cisco 1800 router: Not really much to it that I can use other than the 2 ports. But I imagine I can buy different wic cards for that. Something cool to play with later.

Server rack: I don't really need another 42U rack, but figured why not. Not sure what I'll use it for yet or where I want to put it. But it will be a nice addition to my server room. This extra rack space and cisco router might be a hint to me I should start a Cisco lab. :p

Oh and also scored that filing cabinet but not really network related.


I've been wanting to revamp my current server setup once I have more money and I will probably integrate that project with doing the basic finishing for the basement such as drycore floors and studded/insulated walls. I'll probably install the rack at that point and then start organizing things better.
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I set up 1841's all the time, they are still good. Slower but still good!
 
dashpuppy said:
I set up 1841's all the time, they are still good. Slower but still good!
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I use an 1841 currently for my home router. They are still good. Although I never got ears for mine which i would love so I could mount it with my switch.

Sucky thing is, I was going to use my 3550-T for my internet router too but it doesn't do NAT so I had to fail back onto my 1841 :(
 
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I use an 1841 currently for my home router. They are still good. Although I never got ears for mine which i would love so I could mount it with my switch.

Sucky thing is, I was going to use my 3550-T for my internet router too but it doesn't do NAT so I had to fail back onto my 1841 :(
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I'll see if I can get you some ears :)

I got to setup two 1900's the other day, one had a Hspa card in it for fail over, the other was the main router..
 
Finally have something to contribute back to this thread, been way to long.
I have been working from home nearly every night during the week using my home lab.
Pardon the mess, I moved it in to my living room to able to easily reconfigure it. This has
allowed me to replicate my switching environment at work to test intervlan routing, ip helper
addresses, vlans and the devices they connect to, POE settings, ACL's, and guest wifi access.
Next up is WDS. I can not stress the importance of a lab in a production environment.

Current specs:
1x ESXi box: Xeon e3, 32GB ram, 1x 256gb SSD local storage, 2x Quad Port nics
1x HP n40l: OI+ Napp-It. 4x 160gb SSD, 4x 1.5tb 7200rpm Seagate
1x HP 2910al-24g
1x HP 2520-24G POE
1x Unifi AP Pro
1x AirCam
1x Cisco ASA5505-SECPLUS
1x US Robotics 16 port Gigabit switch (House LAN connection for management)


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I did my fall cleaning yesterday: took my PCs and server outside and blasted the dust out of them with my DeWalt DD55152 compressor and an air hose. Almost looked like it was snowing in my back yard. ;-)
 
A guy at work (cisco consultant) just gave me unlimited inside host and sec plus upgrades for my 5505 for free. Result!
 
Sweet score. Wish I could do that with my 5505.
 
I put the panels on that new rack I got, looks pretty slick!





Only downside is that it's threaded and not squares, so certain things may not be compatible. But what I'll probably end up using it for is if I do a cisco lab, and part of it may be for power stuff like UPSes.
 
Hey guys,

this is my little current "Project: White Penguin". This is all is about 2 current machines sitting in a rack next to my in the home office. Goal is to learn about squid for a job that I will start soon (don't want to start unprepared, even if I get training on the job for sure). However - I wanted that it looks nice and also also very silent - they do and they are :)

Before, the rack looked like this (I've posted it here any day in the past..):

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My wife helped me with adding the white foil to the top of the rack

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Final photos:

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My desk:

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Hardware used:


Node 1 “chii”

This is my previous hackintosh system, with a bit less RAM but a new and faster (and smaller) SSD.

Code: 
Case		4U
CPU		Intel Xeon E3-1230
Mainboard	Asus P8B-WS
RAM		4x 2GB ECC RAM DDR3-1333
SSD		OCZ SATA-3 60GB
PSU		Tagan 450W
GPU		GeForce 9500 ("GT120")
OS		Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze
Displays	2x HP ZR24w

Node 2 “sumomo”
The local “server”

Code: 
Case		4U
CPU		Intel Core i5 2380P
Mainboard	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
RAM		4x 2GB RAM DDR3-1333
SSD		OCZ SATA-3 60GB
PSU		Cooler Master 450W
GPU		PCI S3
NIC		Intel Desktop CT 1GBit
OS		Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS


In the basement sits our fileserver (and virtulized on that, a Debian VM for DNS/DHCP & Squid):

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And the rest of the house-internal network is managed by the HP ProCurve 1800-8G

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If you're interested in our home office, read on here :)
 
It's both the same white foil with a light wooden structure. It's from a manufacturer here in Germany, but forgot the name...

I guess you can get it from any do-it-yourself shop :)
 
Wow that's awesome! That foil stuff looks interesting too... so does it just iron on and get hard after? I have kitchen cabinets made my "thermafoil" I wonder if it's the same product they use. I only saw the finished product so no idea how they were actually made.
 
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Sorry, talking to me? If so, I don't get it.

EDIT: Got it ;) Was not me.


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Nice old school mac on the top of the shelves there.
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Thanks! Believe it or not - it's fully working (but the screen is flickering a bit).
 
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Threw my 4 x 1tb drives into my R415 & Raid 10. Ordering 4 2tb drives for the Qnap and it will be my nas for backup's and files.

Around xmas ill be ordering 6 x 8 gig sticks to make the R415 have 64gig's ram :)

Crappy pic..

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Some sexy stuff there, i am redoing my network rack at work possibly next weekend, i finally have an I.t assistant and he is awesome at doing cable work, both network and electrical, so will try to get some shots... nothing epic like some of your work i see here, but just more to add!
 
Figured I'd get in on the fun as well, with a picture of my messy old home setup

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consume the electrons, consume the $$$$....
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List of equipment, top to bottom
Code: 
1). 24 Port CAT6 Patch panel
2). Allied Telesis AT-9924T - 24 Port Layer 3/4 switch Unrestricted licence
2b).1u Cable management - Krone
3). 15" LCD Screen keyboard+mouse combo  / Cisco POE Injector / Draytek Vigor 120 Annex M modem 
4). Raritan MasterConsole II 16 port KVM
5). HP DL380 G5 server (Kannagi)
 - 16GB DDR2 ECC RAM 
 - Dual Xeon 5160 CPUs
 - Dual 146GB 10K 2.5" SAS drives
 - ILO2 / SAS 512MB RAID card / BBU
6). Tandberg SCSI LTO3 tape drive
7). NAS/Qemu/NX Server (GLaDOS)
- 16 Bay NORCO chasis
- Dual Opteron 2389 Quadcore CPUs
- 24GB DDR2 ECC RAM
- PCP&C 1KW PSU
- 10x Hitachi 7k3000 2TB HDDs in RAID6+1
- Areca PCIe x8 ARC-1230 12 Port RAID card, 1GB ECC DDR Cache, BBU & LCD
8). Cisco 525 PIX firewall with 512MB RAM and 1GHz CPU hack + 4 Port expansion card & VPN accelerator card (VAC+) Unrestricted licence
9). Tandberg LTO4 SCSI-320 Autoloader 16/24 tape library
10). Powerware 9125 2KW Online UPS

I'm lazy at management, don't judge too harshly please :)
 
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the thing is these days a single quad core server could take over the entire job of them all!
 
So I helped some guys setting up the network for a local LAN party this weekend. Around 70 participants and 10 crew members. About 100 devices getting IP leases from the DHCP server. The venue is a small hall at a primary school. 1 Gbps internet connection through NTE. They also gave us a /24 network of IPv4 addresses :)

My good old D-Link DGS-1216T did the job as a core switch:
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I borrowed a Cisco Small Business SG300-10 and SFP for connecting into an intra-building fiber leading to a comms room at the other side. It's set up as a router between the /24 network and the /30 ISP linknet. The Cisco 2960 below belongs to the school network.
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I may post a picture of the comms room switches before teardown tomorrow.
 
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Those switches are pretty nice, I had to reset one of them the other day (SF302-08P)...none of Cisco's SBE lines manuals have the correct reset procedure in them. Not on the switches, not on the UC320W...not on the APs (4410N)...

On top of that the serial port doesn't work. Actually I take back them being nice.
 
can those Cisco Small Business SG300-10 do trunking?

Our ISP has a fiber line to our office going into a Fiber to RJ45 adapter that can only do 100mb, then it goes into an older ciso 2900 series switch and trunks set up for various Ip ranges we have an networks.
 
MrGuvernment said:
can those Cisco Small Business SG300-10 do trunking?

Our ISP has a fiber line to our office going into a Fiber to RJ45 adapter that can only do 100mb, then it goes into an older ciso 2900 series switch and trunks set up for various Ip ranges we have an networks.
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What do you mean trunking? They can do vlans so they can do trunking but trunks carry vlans between two separate devices. Your explanation confuses me.
 
MrGuvernment said:
can those Cisco Small Business SG300-10 do trunking?

Our ISP has a fiber line to our office going into a Fiber to RJ45 adapter that can only do 100mb, then it goes into an older ciso 2900 series switch and trunks set up for various Ip ranges we have an networks.
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What do you mean trunking? They can do vlans so they can do trunking but trunks carry vlans between two separate devices. Your explanation confuses me.
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Trunking in Cisco is 802.1q as in vlan tagging,
Trunking in HP is EtherChannel in Cisco terminology, bonding / LACP that sort of thing

Confusing but there you go
 
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After watching this topic for months, i'm posting my "little" setup :)

My small setup @ Home

The router
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Switch and AP:
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Server
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Some stuff :) (With Buggy JunOS IPv6 Policies currently handled by JTAC... :/)
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Then the monitoring with Observium (a great open source project that replaced my Cacti's and co):

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All my devices
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Full Ipv6 \o/ and also got a Fortiwifi 60C in my stock. (But I'm not a huge fan)

Nothing compared of what I had in my old work (Working at an operator), visiting largest datacenters in France, with Cisco CRS (but not ours)... \o/
 
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As I promised, I'll post a pic of the comms room at the school where the LAN party was held.
DISCLAIMER: I'm in no way responsible for the cable mess!

Top Cisco is a school network 2960, bottom Cisco is the NTE 3550 distro switch for the school. The first GBIC port is the uplink, the second was used for the LAN party connection. Had to use the SG300 as an in-between switch since nobody had an SC to ST fiber patch cable or adapter or anything.
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