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Network pics thread

New condo had Cat5E terminating on a BIX block in the front closet. Also has a power outlet ...... something to work with !
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Little bit of rearranging, a few pigtails, now I have a gigabit switch and HomePlug AV installed ! Once the Internet connection arrives I will hide the modem and router in there as well.
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Jay_oasis said:
a router may get a little warm in there.
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Yeah I will judge that once I get the router.

marley1 said:
Why home plug, no cat5 to the location?
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Correct, it is for my home theater receiver and TV, they don't need much bandwidth. I tried using the WDTV Live over it for the bedroom, but not enough bandwidth, so I used an Apple Airport Express setup in bridge mode to connect it onto the network.
 
deaddawg said:
Yeah I will judge that once I get the router.


Correct, it is for my home theater receiver and TV, they don't need much bandwidth. I tried using the WDTV Live over it for the bedroom, but not enough bandwidth, so I used an Apple Airport Express setup in bridge mode to connect it onto the network.
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I'm not one to be strict on code issues with all of my home computer networking, but putting active electronics and a power strip inside the wall is a code violation. More importantly, its a really bad idea. You don't want things that generate heat in there. Even a little bit of heat in a trapped space can cause big, big problems. If you do choose to do this, DO NOT CLOSE UP THE WALL, even with a trapdoor.

Much better idea would be to mount a small shelf outside the opening in the wall to place the router, switch and powerstrip.
 
I'd get a small, shallow wall mounted cabinet that covered the hole personally, preferably with some ventilation. Then it's outside of the wall, and there's some room to breathe. Just an idea.
 
Jesse B said:
I'd get a small, shallow wall mounted cabinet that covered the hole personally, preferably with some ventilation. Then it's outside of the wall, and there's some room to breathe. Just an idea.
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I second this, then you can place small servers, etc in the wall cabinet. With the open wall behind it, you have room for expansion should you need to drop new lines, etc. Everything will have proper ventilation this way, and it will make the units easier to troubleshoot.
 
Jay_oasis said:
Two Dell Server arrived and they where setup like this..

WTF

Yes I know I can just expand the partition but still that is just stupid!
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LMAO. What's worse are some of my former coworkers SETUP servers themselves that way with like 5-10 GB of free space. Give it a few months and the drives are completely full. Dumbasses.
 
Were getting closer and closer everything

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To having our daily dose of fiber for our internetz diets
 
Looks like your meeting w/ the sales people went well. What type of circuit are they bringing in?
 
Macco said:
Looks like your meeting w/ the sales people went well. What type of circuit are they bringing in?
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Yes Sir they did. We are getting 50/50 brought in over fiber. They are also going to be bringing us a 6/6 MPLS line to a remote office over the same fiber. Were going from a 12/12 connection up to that so it should be pretty nice jump. I'm exited for it.

jeffmoss26 said:
What are the 2 black boxes next to the 66 block?
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Those are Adtrans HR4 4 port T1 units. Our current 12/12 is brought in over 8 bonded T1s.

The ISP that we have to use loves their adtran stuff when it comes to DSL (DSLAMS), T1, Frame, and etc.

Here's a closer look:

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Sounds like you guys are getting ass hammered by your Telco's. We aren't paying anywhere remotely close to that.

Let me let you in on a little secret. Go Ethernet. Most places could get around all of the terrifing if they would just hand it off to you as ethernet. Well providing that when they talk to the powers to be they built in the fact they could had it off to you how ever they see fit.
 
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Jay_oasis said:
T1 are still around $300 a month arn't they?
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Depends on a lot of variables, circuit mileage, if it's interstate or intrastate traffic, etc. But then again I don't do the billing on these, I just get the orders to install them.
 
Needs more pics, but technically it's slightly over 12Mb. We usually stop with nxT1's at 4. After that it's partial DS-3's.
 
WesM63 said:
Needs more pics, but technically it's slightly over 12Mb. We usually stop with nxT1's at 4. After that it's partial DS-3's.
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Before the ISP was bought out they were kind of um... lazy (maybe not the term I'm looking for) about implementing their ethernet products. I guess what I'm trying to say is instead of upgrading the actual facilities to support high bandwidths or newer technologies they would just bond up t1s or make it work
 
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