{"id":4164,"date":"2014-07-29T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2014-07-29T13:49:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:49:44","slug":"update-on-my-home-networking-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/07\/29\/update-on-my-home-networking-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on my Home Networking Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/07\/23\/technology-new-home-network-planning-advice-needed\/\">I wrote about<\/a> some ideas around improving the networking setup at the new house. It\u2019s a nice place but a few of us are sharing a lot via my single WiFi router and I\u2019d like to make improvements. Here are the key reasons for a change:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stable and fast network throughput to every room in the house at near gigabit speeds<\/li>\n<li>Wireless access that works from my mailbox all of the way to the boat dock and in all levels of the house<\/li>\n<li>A shared media setup that allows all of the house tenants to share our content such as TV shows, Films and Music. We\u2019ve been utilizing sneaker-net but it\u2019s not ideal<\/li>\n<li>LAN Gaming via PC &amp; Xbox 360\/One<\/li>\n<li>Shared Printer Access &#8211; I get asked to use my printer quite often and I\u2019d like us all to share a single printer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Initially, I made this network diagram:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'New House Network Diagram' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/14776050512\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2902\/14776050512_04a2a5dd92_z.jpg?resize=640%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New House Network Diagram\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The purpose here is to make sure I cover all of the needs and then I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/HomeNetworking\/comments\/2bhzsu\/home_network_from_scratch_am_i_missing_anything\/\">created a thread<\/a> on the Reddit Home Networking section to solicit feedback. Great feedback overall there. So here\u2019s what the hardware setup will be like:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardware:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Modem<\/strong>:\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #006699; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/r.html?R=1VJ92DPG1NYJB&amp;C=3T5MUR8F9569O&amp;H=LT9T6AXD1FTLNJ7S9FNPSGFA9BGA&amp;T=C&amp;U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB008KRLZCW%2Fref%3Dpe_385040_30332200_TE_item\">Arris TG862G DOCSIS 3.0 Residential Gateway<\/a>\u00a0(I preferred the Motorola 6141 Surfboard but I have Comcast Voice so needed to get this dual-modem that supports 105 Megabit (Docsys 3.0) and VoIP via Coaxial.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Router<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/routers\/2811-integrated-services-router-isr\/index.html\">Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router<\/a> which is an old favorite that I used to configure back in my IT days. It\u2019s overkill for us but is rock-solid and is rack-mountable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switch<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/products\/switches\/sge2000-24-port-gigabit-switch\/index.html\">Cisco SGE2000 24-port Gigabit Switch<\/a>. It meets 3 requirements for me. This switch supports VLANs, has all Gigabit ports and is rack mountable in a 1U configuration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Battery Backup \/ Surge Protection<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/APC-Smart-UPS-SMT1000RM2U-1000VA-Rackmount\/dp\/B004F0BCW6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1406640374&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rack+mount+APC+UPS\">APC Smart-UPS RM SMT1000RM2U 700W\/1000VA 120V 2U Rackmount LCD UPS System<\/a> &#8211; Battery backup is a huge importance when dealing with a site-wide network connection. This will keep the phone + internet live and power the hardware including access points during a power-outage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wireless Access Point<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004XXMUCQ\">Ubiquiti Networks UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System<\/a> &#8211; I have an access point I like a lot but wanted something more versatile with a more powerful radio for increased range. I bought 2 of these.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Network Printer<\/strong>: I&#8217;d like to upgrade to a color Laserjet\u00a0at some point but for now, I&#8217;m using a printer Apple gave me for free when I bought my iMac last year.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HP-All-Printer-CN517A-B1H\/dp\/B0043D2O7C%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0043D2O7C\">\u00a0HP Envy 100 e-All-in-One D410a Printer<\/a> is a WiFi printer that supports Apple AirPrint but doesn&#8217;t have an Ethernet port. It&#8217;ll work for anyone on the network and will reside in the server cabinet for anyone to print to that wants to do so. We&#8217;ll have a tip-jar for ink replacements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Cabling \/ Mounting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816228075\">Tripp Lite SRWO8U22 8U Wall Mount Open Frame Cabinet<\/a> for mounting all of this hardware.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10514&amp;cs_id=1051401&amp;p_id=7253&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Cat6 Patch Panel 110 Type 24 Port\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10516&amp;cs_id=1051607&amp;p_id=7308&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Premium Cable Management, Metal D-Ring, 1.75 inch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10516&amp;cs_id=1051602&amp;p_id=8631&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Single Sided Shelf,<\/a> 3.5(H)X10(D)X19(W), 30Lbs &#8211; I got an extra shelf for holding the modem\u00a0or hardware that can\u2019t be mounted<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=102&amp;cp_id=10234&amp;cs_id=1023402&amp;p_id=2270&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">1000FT 24AWG Cat6 550MHz UTP Stranded, In-Wall Rated (CM), Bulk Ethernet Bare Copper Cable &#8211; Blue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10513&amp;cs_id=1051303&amp;p_id=1040&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Cat6 RJ-45 Toolless Keystone &#8211; Blue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10520&amp;cs_id=1052001&amp;p_id=5756&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Cable Tie 4 inch 18LBS, 100pcs\/Pack &#8211; White<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoprice.com\/Product?c_id=105&amp;cp_id=10517&amp;cs_id=1051703&amp;p_id=6731&amp;seq=1&amp;format=2\">Wall Plate for Keystone, 4 Hole &#8211; White<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><strong>Network Attached Storage (NAS):<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I wanted hardware that was versatile and expandable that could live on my Gigabit switch or plugged into my iMac via USB3. I settled on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108162\">Sinology DiskStation DS214play Diskless System Network Storage<\/a> with two 6-terabyte <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236737\">Western Digital\u00a0Red WD60EFRX 6TB Ientellipower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb\/s 3.5\u201d<\/a> hard drives.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The drives will operate in RAID 1 and initially I\u2019ll attach them to my iMac and that of my roommate\u2019s to copy all of our media to the drive. It has a built in XMBC and DLNA server on the NAS so we can stream content from it to our entertainment devices including phones and tablets. I will use it to store my iTunes Library (which is around 4 terabytes) and eventually, I want to get an old Mac Mini w\/ OS X Server which will act as a full time iTunes home server for us all to share. The Mac Mini w\/ OS X Server will also manage Time Machine backups to the NAS from the 4 Macs in the house and user permissions, etc.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sinology is a very popular NAS choice right now and I\u2019ve researched them quite a bit. I wanted to get a 4 disk setup since Hard drive capacities aren\u2019t doubling every 12 months like they used to but I think 6 terabytes of storage using RAID 1 (Mirroring) is a good starting point. I can remove Parity and go RAID 0 if I need more space and there aren\u2019t HDs out there with more than 6TB capacity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The timeline \/ due date of this personal project is to be August 14th which is when I go to California for a few weeks. I\u2019d like to have everything completed by then. This weekend, we\u2019re running cables and getting all drops terminated and tested. I think we\u2019ll do 20 drops total across 4 rooms.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After that, I\u2019ll spend a full day configuring the router, switch and access points and getting all devices migrated off WiFi and over to the Cat 6 setup. Pending any hiccups, this is a 2 weekend job.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The retail cost of the entire job is quite high but I shopped around and got all of this equipment used except for the cables and Western Digital drives. The Switch, Router and battery backup were free and the Modem I bought a few weeks ago as an alternative to paying Comcast $10 a month for a modem rental fee.<\/div>\n<p>Cables arrive Thursday. I\u2019m stoked to start this project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, I wrote about some ideas around improving the networking setup at the new house. It\u2019s a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-technology","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-15a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7029,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/08\/technology-is-this-the-first-time-ive-disagreed-with-xkcd\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":0},"title":"Technology: Is this the first time I&#8217;ve disagreed with XKCD?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via XKCD: This actually reminds me of an argument I\u2019ve had for a while that we\u2019ve made the Internet so accessible, so simple to access that we\u2019ve forgotten to educate the users of it how it works. Hundreds of times in my life, people have asked me what \u201cWiFi Repeater\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Summertime Views from the House","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4077\/34801727353_ff5d2928f4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4077\/34801727353_ff5d2928f4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4077\/34801727353_ff5d2928f4_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6621,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/19\/technology-my-new-home-network-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":1},"title":"Technology: My New Home Network Design (2017)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s 2017 and while there will be a collection of posts over the next few months of various house projects that I want to document, the first is purely in reference to the topology and hardware associated with this new home. You\u2019ll see from this photo that I had electricians\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My House&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My House","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/my-house\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1-11-2017 House Update","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/649\/31457872853_e6293a2d77_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/649\/31457872853_e6293a2d77_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/649\/31457872853_e6293a2d77_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4347,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/11\/24\/technology-my-home-setup-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":2},"title":"Technology: My Home Setup (2014)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s been a while since I posted a home setup of my computer desk and since I cleaned up last week, everything looks nice and a photo was in order. I\u2019m still on the fence about the Retina iMac although it seems like a very appealing upgrade and the iPad\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New Home Setup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3952\/15417445979_4552d2b7b6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3952\/15417445979_4552d2b7b6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3952\/15417445979_4552d2b7b6_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/03\/28\/my-thoughts-on-earth-hour\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 My Thoughts on Earth Hour","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Earth Hour is a great idea! I think the notion that we can turn off the lights for one hour on a global level is pretty impossible but if 5% of the world does it, the impact will be significant. Strangely enough, I'm against Earth Hour. Yes this green, charitable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Thoughts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Thoughts","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/my-thoughts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":166,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/03\/25\/aggregation-is-a-good-thing\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Aggregation is A Good Thing","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Social Networking has been around for a very long time and I\u2019d argue that E-Mail is the original form of it and it\u2019s all improved since then. The latest and greatest social networks allow communication across different mediums and Facebook has opened up their service with Facbook Connect so I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ideas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ideas","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/ideas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4192,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/technology-wrapping-up-the-home-networking-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":4164,"position":5},"title":"Technology: Wrapping up the Home Networking Project","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The home network project is almost complete. It took quite a bit of work, a full weekend and I had to take a day off work to make the final progress to the core infrastructure. I still have to do a few more cable drops and finalize the setup of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New Home Network Project","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5551\/14669170308_44b02c49a0_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5551\/14669170308_44b02c49a0_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5551\/14669170308_44b02c49a0_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}