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    Where did you hide your Home Lab gear?

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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
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        @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
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          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
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            @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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                • wirestyle22W
                  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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                  • J
                    Jason Banned
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                    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
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                      Someplace that I don't remember, and now even I can't find it.

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

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

                                Heathen.

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                                  Alex Sage @gjacobse
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                                  @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
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                                      @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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