How complex is your home network?

[Muse]

Fiber coming in Oct., so they've been telling me for around a year.

<5gbps DSL for now, modem, wireless/ethernet router. Wifi printer, 3 laptops, 2 connected by wifi. NAS with centralized data ethernet-connected to router (attached to multi-port switch), containing any data I want accessible by all the machines or backed up (mirrored RAID1 HDs that are backed up offsite occasionally). 2 midtower systems (one dormant ATM because of fried mobo), which serve mainly as HDTV machines.

 

[RichUK]

I can't help but think the complexity of some of these setups is a bit over the top for home use. 😱

I have a wireless router provided by the ISP, lol.

 

[sdifox]

I can't help but think the complexity of some of these setups is a bit over the top for home use. 😱

I have a wireless router provided by the ISP, lol.

Well my server is also my dev env so may as well run pfsene in a vm.
I think I have about 15 active vms as the movment.

My Plex library is about 40TB I think.

 

[NoTine42]

Fiber coming in Oct., so they've been telling me for around a year.

<5gbps DSL for now, modem, wireless/ethernet router. Wifi printer, 3 laptops, 2 connected by wifi. NAS with centralized data ethernet-connected to router (attached to multi-port switch), containing any data I want accessible by all the machines or backed up (mirrored RAID1 HDs that are backed up offsite occasionally). 2 midtower systems (one dormant ATM because of fried mobo), which serve mainly as HDTV machines.

My DSL is also < 5gbps
... way, way less, (3.5Mbps)

My network is the modem to Ubuntu server as router to WAP/switch wired to another WAP (both WAP’s are old routers with routing disabled)

 

[Kaido]

1. Cable modem
2. Pair of Orbis
3. All devices are wireless

That's it. I used to have a more complex network (PFsense router, FreeNAS, lots of computers, etc.). Now I run a lot of appliance-devices like Chromebooks, Roku TV's, and iPhones. Never thought I'd be 100% wireless.

Netgear's Orbi system is really a brilliant little device...one SSID for both the 2.4 & 5ghz networks, and the third antenna acting as a wireless backhaul service between AP's. No issues & a reboot solves most issues for the Roku's & stuff.

The only computers I have left are my VR gaming PC, my wife's Hackintosh, and the laptop I use for work.

 

[bbhaag]

I try and use the KISS rule when it comes to home networking.
1.fiber terminates at the ont
2.ethernet cable runs from the ont to the EdgerouterX which has an AP on the POE port

And that's it, wireless coverage is good over a 1500 sq. ft. home. I did have to install an Asus extender on our breezeway though to get wireless to the garage and patio. The stainless steal siding just totally cock blocked the signal coming from the AP upstairs.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Comcast internet > modem SB6182 > ubiquiti ER-X > home network

One WAP, UAP-AC-LR

3 vlans - 1 untagged for all regular devices and an umananged switch for regular devices, 2 tagged that are trunk to a lab Cisco switch to play / learn / test

 

[thebestMAX]

Not very complicated

Comcrap ->motorola Surfboard modem-> Vonage phone box-> -> Buffalo G54 Air Station router -> 2 wired desktops, 1 wired printer then wireless:
2 laptops
2 logitech squeezeboxes used for internet radio
1 Roku
3 Kindles
3 HP touchpads still cranking away.

Think I got everything.

 

[VirtualLarry]

1. Cable modem
2. Pair of Orbis
3. All devices are wireless

I'm curious, what is your internet bandwidth, and what kind of bandwidth do you get on your devices?

I have Gigabit FIOS, and for years now, all of my desktop PCs, NAS units, etc., have all been on a wired Gigabit LAN. I'm a big fan of wired networking, when possible. (I do have wifi, for my tablets and laptops, etc., too.)

Never thought I'd be 100% wireless.

Yeah, what's that like? Any bandwidth contention, especially around when Windows 10 likes to update?

 

[Carson Dyle]

• cable modem: Arris SURBboard SB6183
• firewall: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite ERLite-3
• 8 port gigabit switch
• wireless access point: Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC PRO
• 2 servers, both on wired ethernet
• laser printer, wired ethernet
• 3 PCs, two wired, one wireless
• one laptop, wireless
• 4 network music players, wireless

 

[BoomerD]

My home network is very secure in itself and doesn’ have a complex...

 

[rsutoratosu]

8000 ft of cables.. In the middle of replacing some of the cat5e out for 6. not total replacement. Area where 4k tv r going, I saw 2 ports out for cat6.. otherwise 5e still runs well. Replacing the 2 post racks also. Have APC ups, power strips, etc. 24U server racks, etc.. Was under renovation, everything cover from dust.. slowly cleaning everything now

 

[Thebobo]

Fios in >
> fios router >
> 50 foot cat 5 cable to 4 port switch at computer area >
> TV
> DVD
>Receiver

> 4 port switch at computer area >
> 4 computers, work, play and tinker + laptop.

 

[Aikouka]

Mine is something like...

Modem
-- Router
-- -- Main Switch
-- -- -- Main PC
-- -- -- Server
-- -- -- Living Room Switch
-- -- -- -- Xbox One, PS4, PC, Lutron Hub, Nintendo Switch, AVR
-- -- -- Bedroom Switch
-- -- -- -- Xbox 360, PS3, PC, AVR, TV
-- -- -- Kitchen Switch
-- -- -- -- PC
-- -- -- VR Room Switch
-- -- -- -- PC

The main thing that I'm working on at this point is running better dedicated lines to the bedrooms upstairs, which should simplify things a bit. I also need to look into how to handle wireless devices. My router is in a closet along with the server. The closet is ventilated, but given that it's closed, it is likely causing some attenuation. So, I may need to consider extending the antennas or use WAPs. I've been seeing more and more issues with poor response times on WiFi lately, which goes away completely when I switch to LTE.

I might also rerun the lines that I ran earlier to "do it better". In my original run, I terminated them at the wall, but I'm not a huge fan of that. Given the layout of the closet, I was against using a termination panel, but I think I might do that after all. If I'm lucky, my cables have enough slack so I don't have to rerun them!

I used to have a nice switch as the main switch, but I kept having issues with it taking my router's IP and I could never change it because you have to accept the switch's IP change... and it would never reload the web server fast enough to accept the change. 😕

 

[sourceninja]

I used to have a huge complex network. I had EMC sans, Dell servers running esxi, Cisco switches and routers, ubiquiti access points, etc.

Now I have a nice cable modem (1gbps comcast), orbi wifi/router (3 of them, 1 per floor) and everything is connected via wireless AC.

All the work that was on the servers now lives in the cloud. My power bill thanks me.

 

[Genx87]

Modem-->netgear switch--> virtualized HA pair of Sophos firewalls running on Hyper-V on a pair of 2016 boxes(Dell). I also have an R550 that is a SAN(2016) and an 2U HP for backup. Though I rarely have those two turned on anymore. I also have 2x HP 2920s in the server rack for storage network and client access. And a pair of Dell POE switches on the wall for wall jacks. Ubiquiti AC Proc AP and a T-Mobile hotspot.

 

[Rifter]

Providers BS modem/router in passthrough mode connected to my pfsense box. Connected to my switch and Netgear R7000 wireless AP, and clients connected to them, not that complicated really.