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    Where did you hide your Home Lab gear?

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    • coliverC
      coliver @Alex Sage
      last edited by

      @aaronstuder said:

      This is super ugly - will never get the wife's approve.

      Youtube Video

      This is nice

      http://www.amazon.com/OPENHOUSE-H318-Structured-Wiring-Enclosure/dp/B0002SPKS2/

      But I can't mount anything to the wall.

      @aaronstuder said:

      This is super ugly - will never get the wife's approve.

      Youtube Video

      This is nice

      http://www.amazon.com/OPENHOUSE-H318-Structured-Wiring-Enclosure/dp/B0002SPKS2/

      But I can't mount anything to the wall.

      Peg board and velcro/zip ties. No drilling holes necessary.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        I recommend a dedicated closet.

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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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                        • 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
                            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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