The Off Topic Thread.

[k31th]

get another 8 port, just in case you ever expand

[Ezy2Confuze]

Or you could do what I did & get a 48 port Cisco with power-over-ethernet (the thing was $5k when work bought it) which I plan to have a sparky friend install in a small wall rack when I get my place wired up.

I got two of our old switches when we upgraded last year. One is going into my rack with my Servers & PC etc. the other will go into a wardrobe or linen cupboard.

Sometimes working in IT has its advantages.

[k31th]

lol @ overkill haha 48 powered ports haha fark spending that much on a home ethernet setup

 

but... PICS!

[Ezy2Confuze]

I didn't spend anything though, I got them for free, our boss understands that giving IT first pick at any stock we decommission keeps them happy and you always want happy IT people in your organisation, they tend to take pride in what they do and don't slack off etc.

 

Unhappy IT people that don't give a sh*t what happens is never a good thing, considering IT tends to control a companies email, communications systems which includes phones, faxes and internet, printers, mobile devices like phones/tablets/notebooks, the companies web site...

 

Decommissioned stock is how I got a nice 3 year old HP Core i7 PC that I dumped an SSD and Bluray burner into for dad's Christmas present in 2015.

 

The half height rack I bought for $50 when my last employer moved premises, it had the AV equipment in, so I got the rack plus a PDU (think beefier 6 port power board for Servers etc. but this one has an ethernet port for management purposes and shows the voltage on a built in LCD) so all I had to do was buy the appropriate Antec 4U chassis for my two Servers and my PC (I gave up LANing years ago) plus the rail kits to suit.

 

I also have colour coded cables, blue for machines, green for infrastructure - the NBN router, the PDU etc - yellow for the NAS.

 

Luckily one of the guys at work put me onto 4cabling, as at the time they had really good prices.

 

These are the patch leads I bought

 

http://www.4cabling.com.au/cable/cat6-patch-leads/cat-6-right-angled-patch-leads.html

 

The power rail:

 

http://www.4cabling.com.au/12-way-2ru-power-rail-with-iec-input.html

 

Rack shelf:

 

http://www.4cabling.com.au/universal-1ru-shelf.html

 

I also got one of these because if you've ever tried putting cage nuts into a cage, you would have slipped once or twice and those things getting under your nail hurt like a f*cking S.O.B.

 

http://www.4cabling.com.au/cage-nut-insertion-tool.html

[k31th]

I meant pics of the switch itself... and yeah, I know all about that sort of stuff - did heaps of it in my previous job (even the cage nut pain)

[Ezy2Confuze]

If I remember I'll take one when I get home.

 

I'm going to clean the rack up and take all the machines out over the Christmas break and clean all the dust out.  So there will be plenty of pics then.

[k31th]

Sick

 

post 'em up here -> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/91333-new-build-home-renovations-gardens-garages-sheds/

 

and/or here -> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92091-show-us-your-pc-andor-gaming-setup/

[Ezy2Confuze]

I was going to make a smart *ss response with a link to your build but keep getting this, is this your way of telling people to get stuffed?

 

The www.fordxr6turbo.com page isn’t working

www.fordxr6turbo.com is currently unable to handle this request.

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[k31th]

umm... nope

[Pixy Angel]

morning!!

 

Days off YA!!