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    Where did you hide your Home Lab gear?

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      Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
      last edited by Alex Sage

      @scottalanmiller said:

      I recommend a dedicated closet.

      In a 750SQF apartment? No room for that 😄

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      • brianlittlejohnB
        brianlittlejohn
        last edited by

        My stuff is behind my TV in my apartment.

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre
          last edited by

          I've got it easy ... my home "LAB" is a Desktop running Hyper-V, lol.

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            Alex Sage @dafyre
            last edited by

            @dafyre said:

            I've got it easy ... my home "LAB" is a Desktop running Hyper-V, lol.

            What about your modem, router, AP, and switch?

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            • RamblingBipedR
              RamblingBiped
              last edited by

              Modem, router, and AP are all nestled in a book case and tucked behind my TV in my living room. My servers and everything else are down in the basement.

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                Alex Sage @RamblingBiped
                last edited by

                @RamblingBiped said:

                My servers and everything else are down in the basement.

                A server in a damp environment? What could possibility go wrong? 😄

                Maybe it's a finished basement?

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                • KyleCaminitaK
                  KyleCaminita
                  last edited by

                  I've got an office. but stuff's just everywhere. my servers are only for testing, they're in a rack. network gear is whatever. i'm going to pro it up sometime this year. just an ERL and maybe a small ubiquity switch.

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22
                    last edited by wirestyle22

                    I ornately painted plywood and screwed it into my wall (behind TV in living room) as art. I then mounted a half-rack with my firewall/switch/patch panel. My place is a two story loft style town house so I ran cabling through a runner up the wall and into my bedroom where my server is (4 cat5e cables).

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                      wirestyle22
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                      The hospital I used to work at had these plastic grates that elevated the towers off of the ground. I want to get my PC off of the carpet for obvious reasons. Any ideas? I have a glass desk FYI.

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                        Jason Banned
                        last edited by Jason

                        I have a wall mount Rack at home in a closet. Just some POE+ switches, Router, Home Automation Controls, Alarm System stuff, Coxial Distro and patch panels

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                        • StrongBadS
                          StrongBad
                          last edited by

                          Someplace that I don't remember, and now even I can't find it.

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                          • IRJI
                            IRJ
                            last edited by

                            My network infrastructure basically looks like this. DO and Vultr VPS servers and Pertino networking.

                            Cloud-Computing.png

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse
                              last edited by

                              What I have used for the last several years,.. both at home and in the office.

                              1456080942328-img_2234.jpg

                              In the last apartment we had, I mounted it to the side/back of a short bookcase.

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre @Alex Sage
                                last edited by

                                @aaronstuder said:

                                @dafyre said:

                                I've got it easy ... my home "LAB" is a Desktop running Hyper-V, lol.

                                What about your modem, router, AP, and switch?

                                My Router is also my AP and switch. It is located next to my cable modem in a cabinet beneath my TV. 🙂

                                No wired connections anywhere, as wireless does surprisingly well in my house. I am currently planning a wired deployment, but I am seriously wondering if I need it anywhere other than my "computer room".

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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates
                                  last edited by stacksofplates

                                  I have everything in one of the rooms of the house which is also my "office." Our basement sucks and my wife would never approve of having a rack server plus switches and cables anywhere other than that room upstairs.

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                                  • MattSpellerM
                                    MattSpeller
                                    last edited by

                                    Hide? Why hide your art.... would you tell VanGogh to put his paintings in a closet?

                                    Heathen.

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                                      Alex Sage @gjacobse
                                      last edited by

                                      @gjacobse said:

                                      What I have used for the last several years,.. both at home and in the office.

                                      1456080942328-img_2234.jpg

                                      In the last apartment we had, I mounted it to the side/back of a short bookcase.

                                      Why are the cables so long? Where they out of black zip ties?

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                                      • dafyreD
                                        dafyre @MattSpeller
                                        last edited by

                                        @MattSpeller said:

                                        Hide? Why hide your art.... would you tell VanGogh to put his paintings in a closet?

                                        Heathen.

                                        My art is just bland and looks like I put it together 10 years ago... Oh wait... Most of it was, lol.

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                                        • gjacobseG
                                          gjacobse @Alex Sage
                                          last edited by

                                          @aaronstuder said:

                                          @gjacobse said:

                                          What I have used for the last several years,.. both at home and in the office.

                                          1456080942328-img_2234.jpg

                                          In the last apartment we had, I mounted it to the side/back of a short bookcase.

                                          Why are the cables so long? Where they out of black zip ties?

                                          Cables are what I have acquired over the years,.. and I didn't feel like cutting and terminating them.

                                          No, not out of black. just the only color I have..

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