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Updated Network Setup

Cables from upstairs & the internet cable

All bedroom ethernet drops coming into my room

Same cables as viewed from inside my room.

All the cables, with service loops above rack

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My computer area

Overview of entire desk area

My PC

Front view of my PC

TV, DVD & VHS player, digital cable receiver, home audio receiver & main speakers

Couches & surround sound speakers

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your house looks like its haunted with the ratted out floorboards and the brown doors.

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what an awesome setup, and HOW DAMN LUCKY ARE YOU with your internet connection!!! Be sure to post speeds, lucky (insert bad word here).

This summer I am going to build a small file server for our house (6 guys here and I'm the only techie). So far we have wired the house through the attic, that worked out pretty well, but hopefully this summer we'll make it a little more neat =)

I love your rack, I need to learn about this stuf so I can make something like that. We have a closet that would work PERFECT =P

Thumbs up on the setup... but, your internet connection runs to four houses down the street? Did I read that right? How does that work?
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In response to Sholnay. The company I work for provides internet, cable and phone for areas around me. Their connection to the public internet is, i believe, 100mbps. The main office is a couple blocks away from me and they run fiber to a few central "hubs" in my area to service apartment units, etc. I happen to be a couple houses down from one of their "hubs" with a fiber run. Because it is so close (less than 300ft from my router to their switch), I was able to run cat5e straight into the switch in this hub that is connected to their main hub via fiber. My speed will be at least 10mb up and down (that is their supped up connection they offer) and may be more:) I'll post speed tests tomorrow. As far as setting up my network, I've learned completely on my own through trial and error (with a bit of money of course-haha). Hands on experience is by far the best way to learn. If you're setting up a file server, I would really suggest some sort of unix-type operating system (Linux or FreeBSD) with SAMBA (makes shares on it look exactly as they would on a windows machine for all clients on your network). It's really easy to do and performs amazing, not to mention it's free. Let me know if you ever need help getting started.

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Because it is so close (less than 300ft from my router to their switch), I was able to run cat5e straight into the switch in this hub that is connected to their main hub via fiber.

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I'll keep your name in mind =) I might as well try out samba, the only thing is, a lot of my hard drives are already formatted in NTFS with lots of files on them =/

And as wilbilt said, Im still confused too, you just have cabling running through a couple yards, and no complaints? I'd be scared someone would come along and trip on it or something.. there goes the Inet =P
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Haha, I can see you guys envisioning the cable run now...I did a pretty good job on the cable run. All of my neighbors are college kids and they didn't mind me being in their yards for a couple minutes. There are poles running about 10 feet high in the back of all of our yards used for various wiring and I just ran the ethernet straigh along there. You can't barely tell the cable is even there, you'd have to really look for it to even notice.

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1st Speed Test

2nd Speed Test, looks similar eh?

argh... u lucky so n so n yes, lets see the outdoor cable run.

-Wills

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That picture where the cables come in above the door frame, are they going through the door/frame, or are they being pinched by the door.. because pinched = bad.

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The cables aren't being pinched when they come into the doorway. My door is ghetto and there is an inch or so gab between the frame and the actualy door. There is plenty of space for all the cables. The one cable (for internet) that runs along the floor and up into the door on the other side also has a hole to run through so the door does not pinch it.

okay, i really dont like you now... or, at least, I dont like the fact that you have those speeds. grr. Do you even pay for this in any way? Is this internship a free one? or are you even getting paid by the cable company?
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Well here we go, I just got everything hooked up and the first two speed test are in. I'll let you guys do the drooling as I've been doing it for the last 10 minutes. I'll show you pics of the outdoor cat5e run if i get the chance.

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That's right, pinch those little cables!

Nice speeds there!
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*DROOLS* MORE PICS MORE PICS!!
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OMG now thats a true fiber modem;)

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dude, you suck.

But great set up, I'm jealous.

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Basically the way it works is I'm doing this internship for free, in order to gain experience and contacts. They're being nice and supplying me this connection for free while I work for them. It works out for all parties involved. I'll post more pics soon. I have a 2U rackmount chassis with dual PIII motherboard on the way to replace the file and domain servers (actually combine) and I'm getting a rackmount UPS to protect my stuff. I'll post pics once I get everything.