http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20747065 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:14:20 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:14:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21697305 paulmataruso : the f5 box is on the first floor located where the DSL modem is, the comcast modem and the fiber optic connection come in at the basement, but then are routed up to the first floor to the f5 box, then it comes back down stairs to the router then is ether routed to the DMZ or the LAN, i got it off ebay, for $300 + Shipping.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21697305 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:56:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21694631 bilbusb : where did you get the F5 Big-IP Appliance? Those arent cheap .. and i don't see it in your pic.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21694631 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:41:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21656529 paulmataruso : I use NetXMS and Look@LAN. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21656529 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:34:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21649148 wolfman2g1 : what do you use to monitor your servers?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21649148 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:10:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21639145 paulmataruso : Yeah, idk I don't really mind the sharpie, i dont have a label maker, so I just did with what I had around.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21639145 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:54:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21611628 PhoenixAZ : I don't like the permanent marker used to write all over stuff.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21611628 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:37:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21600845 JoeG4 : Pretty awesome :D Wish i had room for something like that, but I have no basement and certainly no room! :( ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21600845 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:00:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21592962 paulmataruso : Got a video of my setup, its about 2 minutes long, WMV format

»dothackinc.com/tour.wmv]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21592962 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:19:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21210271 phantasm11b : Nice job man. I used to be a tech for Comcast and the crap we threw out almost amazed me. For your age your doing pretty damn good. I've wanted to get into this kind of stuff but ditching the day job for this is kind of tough. The wife would murder me. At least you started before there is a wife. lol.
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Cool setup, dumpster diving FTW!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21164280 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:24:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21163389 paulmataruso : Yeah its made by c-core, uhm i think is 850 Mhz, im not sure tho, It has 8 ports, four on each side, 7 RF outputs, and 1 fiber input. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21163389 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:37:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122718 cypherstream : What brand node and line extender did you get? Does it say the model number and/or bandwidth? 750 MHz, 870 MHz, etc..?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122718 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:28:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21072445 SlickEnW : But yea, virtualize :)

Just get a nice HP with 8 cores and max ram (72 gb), fibre chan storage , and vm ware's ESX + an additional server box for virtual center and physical to virtual tasks (so you don't have to reconfigure everything).

Heck you can do it in one rack :) ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21072445 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:34:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054975 anon : Want to colocate a box for me? :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054975 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:16:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21016431 paulmataruso : Got some new stuff,

Compaq ML370 1U server
Cisco IAD 2400
and Some other cisco stuff on the relay rack

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21016431 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:57:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20797801 paulmataruso : nah, it is running out behind my house then over along the stone wall, they are like right next to me, so it is just running thought some of that Orange fiber protector tube, the fiber is pretty tough, so i am not really worryed about anything happeing to it, it is udnerground like 7 inches up until the stone wall, then it surfaces, for a couple yards, then goes back under to there place, then surfaces then thougth a little hold in the cement on the side of the house.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20797801 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:19:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20790907 erikthebean : well ..humm ....all you can really do with the node is convert the fiber to coax....btw did NHVT run the fiber from the street for you if so thats cool]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20790907 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:26:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786742 paulmataruso : i have the power supply for the node(big black thing, 90volt output? really heavy, looks like it goes in a rack or box or something), it is sitting on my work bench right now, and i have some of those fiber modulator things(big Grey, rack mountable), that convert the video/audio into the fiber optic signal(i think it uses some type of DWDM to encode the signal). Then from the node, i have some of that hard line stuff, that goes to a line extender, which is like a big silver thing just like the node, forcept smaller. then from there more hard line, then to an 8 port Motorola tap, then on the tap there is a terminator thing on the output side. and connected to the tap, i have a tv, set to channel 10, and i am not sure how to get the audio/video thing to come up on the tv, and i am pretty sure the node works. BTW, the input for the fiber modulator thing is an xbox, lol.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786742 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:32:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786614 erikthebean : I gota ask ya i actually used to work for comcast ..... not the greatest time of my life but what did you do with that fiber node??? i know it uses squarewave power but u should convert some of that extra fiber into coax lol theirs a weekend project right there]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786614 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:07:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786535 paulmataruso : Thanks, i dont know to many other people at my school at least, that are into networking and what not. i am 16 now actully, did i put 15?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20786535 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:53:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20782804 erikthebean : Dude i love the setup its nice to know im not the only one tinkering around my servers....im only 22 and at 15 i wish i had a fiber line running into my home...dam i wish i had one now ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20782804 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:29:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778902 anon : It comes with the comcast triple play, so i think to get that deal we need to hold on to it, ether way it helps, i have the three internet connections load balanced, via an F5 Big-IP Appliance. The fiber connection handels all the web servers, and the dsl connection does game servers + sql servers + vpn + ftp etc. and the comcast connection isent set to allow or deny any traffic. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778902 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:58:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778540 mike12806 : Why do you have a comcast residential conneciton if you have fiber anyways? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778540 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:33:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778518 anon : Yeah it is kinda weird, the amount of stuff they just chuck away, and you wonder why our cable bills are high...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778518 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:29:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778453 mike12806 : Never knew Comcast had so much equipment lying around in rural areas??]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20778453 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:14:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767469 anon : Oh and, i just got this yesterday, from a comcast hub site, about 7 miles from my place. there were 3 of them, but i only had room for one of them at the time.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767469 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:59:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767438 jwersan : Dumpster diving at its best!!! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767438 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:53:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767429 anon : The fiber is indeed from comcast, i got it from a dumpster by one of there headends. I attached a pic of me in the same dumpster i got the fiber from.

pulling out a fiber node

The roll of fiber

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20767429 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:51:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20761079 Silentwolf : The Comcast fiber could just be extra that a contractor or such had left over that they used.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20761079 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:36:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20760119 Mike_343 : ya it does say comcast on it? is the op pulling a fast one on us?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20760119 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:15:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20757390 scrummie02 : virtual servers my man. Buy a beefy box with a quad core and some disk space and RAM...your set. I run dev web servers, icecast for a personal radio me and my family listen to, test XP client and so on...with one server.

VMWare is the way to go.
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216.6.235.161]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20757390 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20754243 mike12806 : Haha, one of the fiber runs coming out of that splice says "Comcast Fiber" on it! Are you a beta Comcast FTTH customer??!?!? ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20754243 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:42:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751932 annoyingrob : Do you know how much that fiber line would normally run per month to lease?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751932 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:47:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751677 bshelly : That's good :) I am jealous of the bandwidth. Enjoy!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751677 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:05:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751672 anon : No, I dont have a sump pump at all, I am takeing the already very low risk of water damage. We live on top of a hill, and all the water goes around us. Plus the basement has never flooded for the lifetime of the house, as i know it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751672 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:04:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751521 bshelly : Do you have a sump pump and a battery backup pump if you ever get a lot of water?

That would personally be my biggest concern. Otherwise, you have a very cool setup :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20751521 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:50:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749737 anon : The pole pig was in great condition, it good do with a little touch up work, and maybe so de-rusting, but besides that it is as good as new.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749737 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:17:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749446 Silentwolf : I saw some of your TCs you made, nice work there. The new pole pig you picked up looks like it's in some excellent condition also.

Good job all around. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749446 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:54:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749421 anon : Thank you, Yeah, some of those pics on my site, are duplicates. But I am always changing and taking/removing stuff that it is always different. My website is mostly for my high voltage stuff.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749421 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:48:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749331 Silentwolf : Nice setup you have there. Neat domain name you have those images at as well. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20749331 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:24:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20748730 Prismatic : Nice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20748730 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747306 anon : the power bill is around 170.00 USD total for the entire house, but i am not sure how much the servers coast each or together.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747306 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:45:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747297 wolfman2g1 : How much do you pay for electricity? i really want to build a server lab but i am scared to death of what my power bill will look like]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747297 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:42:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747076 anon : 20 mb down, 25 mb up, for fiber, comcast is 10 mbdown, ~800 kbps up, nhvt dsl is 3 mb down, 1 mb up]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747076 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:34:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747065 DaMaGeINC : Speeds?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747065 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747047 anon : Forgot to add something..

I don't pay all that much, the server racks where surplus, routers from ebay and from the tech collage, when they re did there entire network, servers are mostly secondhand some from ebay, others from ebay. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747047 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:25:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747040 anon : I have one comcast residential connection, one DSL connection from NHVT.net, and a fiber optic connection to NHVT, which is about 400 yards from my house. I attached pics of the fiber splice case. My dad is really good friends with the owner of NHVT. So he ran some fiber over to my place, and in return, some of his servers are in my house.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747040 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:22:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747006 DaMaGeINC : And what type of connection do you have running? Whos pays for all of this?

PS. It looks like an army of kids with crayons tore that place up. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20747006 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:08:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746925 anon : I host website for local bands and non-profit places, like the library, and my school. Some of it is for SQL, the library, outsources there SQL server to my place, so all there data for checking books in and out can be somewhere safe, and they don't have to manage it. But mostly websites are what i host. And some of it is just for tinkering around with. I started really getting into website hosting when I turned 15, I host a lot of private game servers for kid in my school]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746925 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:42:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746896 DaMaGeINC : wow whats all that for? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746896 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746861 anon : Ok here you go

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746861 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:20:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746762 DaMaGeINC : How about posting them to the site. I dont like links. Might be some kind of jpg virus or script. Never know. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746762 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:45:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746747 anon : This is my little setup in my parents basement, I have been building it up for the past two years.

Here are the links to the pictures, they are really high res, so I diden't want to post them.

»dothackinc.com/server-rack-1.jpg

»dothackinc.com/server-rack-2.jpg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20746747 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:40:31 EDT