Post Your Network! (56K = Possibly)

[Howard]

I don't think there's been a thread like this on Hexus before has there? Seeing as we've shown off our case mods, workstations, cars, etc, why don't we show off our networks?

Let's not take the pee with regards image size (like in the other "post your xxxx" threads)

Edit by Moby
- If the pics are too big I'll change them to links
- lets keep chatter down in this thread , I wanna see hard core cabling and other uber geeky stuff If you got a question about someones setup, please post it in a new thread

Thanks for your time , now back to the pics !

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Main server
Specs:
700MHz Athlon
256MB Ram
2* 4GB Hard Drives
Intel 740 Graphics
Realtek 10/100 NIC (Internet)
SMC EZCard 10/100 NIC (Network Connection)
Running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Serving: Internet, Printer, Private FTP, Website and being used as a download box at present. Still learning



Main machine
Specs in sig. I'm sure you've seen it in the case/workstation galleries!

Client PC 1
My dad uses this for internet and email. I use it to store files

Specs:
400MHz AMD K6-3
224MB Ram
2 GB, 2.3GB, 2GB and 4GB Hard Drives
Riva TNT Graphics
Iiyama 15" Monitor
SMC EZCard 10/100 NIC

Running Windows XP Professional



Spare machine
Built this earlier because I was bored. Just a spare machine if I ever need one for testing or whatever.

Specs:
233MHz PentiumII
32MB Ram
PCI Geforce2 MX Graphics
Realtek 10/100 NIC
Creative ES1371 Sound
2GB Hard Drive

Running Windows 98.



Laptop
Kinda crappy, used really just for MSN in my room

Specs:
100MHz 486DX
8MB Ram
1MB Graphics
700MB Hard Disc
3Com PCMCIA 10/100 NIC
Running Windows 95




Connectivity
Compaq 8 Port 10Mbit Hub



Printer
Lexmark Colour JetPrinter 3200
Max resolution of 1200 DPI
Cartridges are a rip off.
Connected permanently to the server




Sorry for this thread, I was bored...

[joshwa]

cool

i used to have that case! this is what i did to it:



then i turned the front blue, and was going to drill 2 in fan holes and 2 out fan holes as well... but got bored

[unrealrocks]

Server:

533Mhz AMD K6-2
256Mb PC133
2Gb HDD

PC1:
AMD 2800XP
512Mb PC3200 TwinMOS
Ti4800SE 128Mb

PC2:
2100XP
512Mb PC2100
SiS Xaber400

PC3 - AFTER XMass
2000XP
256Mb PC2100
Onboard SK41 GFX

Weekends:

PC4:
2600XP
768Mb PC2700
9800STD 128Mb

Laptop1:
450 P2
128Mb PC133
Onboard something, lol

Laptop2:
1.6Ghz Centurion
256Mb PC2100 (I think)
5200Go (I think)

Network Gear:
24 port SMC Switch
8 port 10Mb HUB
Cable Modem (Eth)

Printer1:
HP Deskjet 5150

Printer2:
Compaq Cheap InkJet, lol!

I'll do some pictures later, lol - CBA

Also I have various other systems come and go for revewing on AMD3D!

[Moby-Dick]

ph43r my l337 paint skillz



smoothwall is a compaq sff pII 266
server is a dual pIII 933
thetoaster is a mATX xp1900 Nforce based rig
starbug is an xp2200 Scorpio based rig
Cyberpurple is an XP2000 MATX rig with black painted case
Fish is Vimous's XP2500 in a black Widow
Tank is his other XP1700 based rig
Nova5 is my Viao Duron700 Laptop

[oshta]

SERVER
1gig tbird
384 pc133
Geforce 3 Ti200

FAMILY PC
2.08Ghz athlonXP
512mb pc3200
Geforce 2 GTS

MY ROOM's PC
1.79Ghz T.bred
512 Corsair VS
Saphire 9600pro
with twin 19" CRT's

- and our area get broadband on 9th o feb (09/02/05)

daniel

[rough_neck]

NETWORK

At the moment there are a total of 4 pc's in use and on the network.

SPECS:
D-LINK 504 DSL Router
Linksys 8 Port Switch
Zen 512/256 ADSL



CAT 5 scattered throughout the house



SERVER/MAIN RIG
SN45G
2500XP+ Barton
2x256MB PC3200 TwinMos
120GB Samsung Spinpoint 8Mb Cache
120GB Western Digital 8Mb Cache
Pioneer DVR-106 4x DVD±RW
Papst 8412 NGML 80mm CPU Fan

Hitachi CML174SXWB 17" TFT (worth every penny IMO)

GAMING RIG
SN41G2
1800XP+ Thourghbred
2x256MB PC2700 Crucial
80GB Western Digital 8Mb Cache
LiteON 16x DVD-ROM
Papst 8412 NGML 80mm CPU Fan

Philips 17” 107T CRT

The above two rigs share the same keyboard and mouse via a USB hub



2x PACKARD BELL BOXES (brothers pc’s)
AMD K6
128MB PC100
15GB HDD
DVD-ROM
(matching monitor, keyboard & mouse)

SPARE BOX 1 (This machine will eventually be my server)

AMD 2000XP+
A7V8X Motherboard
256MB PC2700 Samsung
40GB Seagate
LiteON 48x CD-WRITER
Q-Tec 350Watt PSU

SPARE! 200 & 201 Coolermaster cases (not sure which one will be the server case)



SPARE BOX 2 (will probably sell at some point )
Via Epia-M 10000 Nemehiah
256mb PC2100 (low profile)
60GB Maxtor
55w PSU
24 x Laptop CD-ROM

HP LaserJet 1010 Printer

[joshwa]

>blueyonder broadband
>smoothwall router (dell in pic below) p2-350,128mb,2gb

>8 port 10/100 switch
>Webserver: VIA Epia CL10000, 256mb, 10gb (blue box in pic above)

>Main machine: VIA EPIA M10000, 512mb, 80gb pictured above

>other (spare) machine(s):
Apple Mac 4400/200, 200mhz, 80mb ram, 2gb
Dual P3-500, 512mb, 4gb

[Butuz]

Woohoo about time we had one of these threads! I am in the middle of a complete upgrade at the mo, new PC's just had broadband put in etc. Illl post my diagrams and photos when im finished upgrading

Butuz

[Pee]

my network :


NTL 600k, Linksys Router


and connected to that is ,

My rig : epox 8rda, xp2400, 1gb twinmos, 80gb wd
parents : p2 400mhz, 512, 10gigarubbish
xbox : 40gb
downloader: celly 1.2, 256mb, 20gb

[Howard]

Can we have this stickied Butuz?

[Aaron]

My network:

[*]
         |
        [R]
         |
 +---+---+---+---+
 |   |   |   |   |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
     |
    [P]

[*]
NTL 600k cable
Location: Living room
Network: Linked via cat5 to router

[R]
Linksys 11g (54Mbps) wireless router
Location: Living room
Network: Offers 4 10/100Mpbs wired ports + 11g wireless

[1]
Self-built computer (see sig for specs)
Location: Bedroom
Network: Linked wirelessly (11g)

[2]
Dell 1.7Ghz P4, 256MB RAM, GeForce 2 GTS graphics card
Location: Living room
Network: Linked via cat5

[3]
Toshiba 1.4Ghz Celeron laptop
Location: ?
Network: Linked wirelessly (11g)

[4]
Sony 1Ghz Viao laptop
Location: ?
Network: Linked wirelessly (11g)

[5]
Compaq 466Mhz Celeron latop
Location: ?
Network: Linked wirelessly (11g)

[P]
Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 2110 Printer/Scanner/Fax
Location: Living Room
Network: Linked to PC 2 via USB

[Angus]

Netgear Broadband Modem -> x-micro wireless hub ->

Sony Vaio Desktop (wired connection) -> Xerox Docuprint c20 printer (early inkjet A3 colour)

Xbox (wired connection)

Advent Laptop (wireless Connection)

Asus Laptop (wirelss connection)

Shuttle desktop upstairs (wireless connection)

Tranquil PC (media server) (wireless connection)

[Enverex]

Basically....



Too much to photo.
Really need wired net up here though....

NS

[Butuz]

Laserjet 4100!! Where did ya steal that from? Helluva bit of kit for the home (in both price and size.. )

Butuz

[Stu]

\0/ soon to add a server with spare bits

[Paul Adams]

Clients 1 & 3 are the main rigs used by my wife and myself respectively.
Recently re-jigged the network configuration to simplify it (no more multi-homing of clients).
Client 2 is my wife's secondary PC for various art programs and to use her tablet.
Clients 4 & 5 are guest machines, wirelessly connected to the WPA-PSK network.

[Edit 2009-10-11]
Image is pulled straight from my web server, so is up to date as long as I maintain it, but the text above will go out of date occasionally
The machines for myself and my wife were updated again this year, to Core i7 CPU-based jobbies -identical spec as per usual and now Client1 and Client2 in the pic.
Client3 is the guest machine, the old server.
Server is now my old PC, running Hyper-V (where the old one was running Virtual Server) and has 2 physical NIC connections: 1 for the host only and 1 for the child partitions to share.

One VM is now a DC and pretty much all but the Hyper-V host itself are in the domain for ease of secure but shared resource sharing.
(DC DNS forwards to the router for non-local name resolution.)


SAQ (Sometimes Asked Questions):
1. Why have a 100Mbps switch between the router and the cable modem?
There are 5 public IPs available and the router takes just 1, so I have the option to hook a laptop to the dirty side of the router for external route testing or name resolution if anything crops up (or if there should be a whacky program that simply won't or can't work through NAT/UPnP).

2. Why have a GigE switch connected to the other router when there are enough ports to connect the machines directly?
If I reset the router I don't want the server to start re-enumerating its interfaces, as there appears to be a quirk with the onboard Marvell NIC that it doesn't detect a reconnection without a reboot, which was leaving all my virtual machines in an unreachable state during maintenance.