How many of you "geeks" run a doman/LAN at home?

[Chunkee]

I run Windows Small Business Server 2003
It has exchange 2003/sharepoint services.
My lan has my client, my wifes, my kids, my laptop, a server, testing box, network laser printer, WAP upstairs coming off the router, photosmart, two scanners...and a HTPC in the makes.

Pretty stable, getting ready to redo the whole thing...with some upgrades to the server.

...and yes, I utilized all of if.

jC

 

[Hyperblaze]

Guilty as charge.
Except here everything is linux and freebsd

 

[mugs]

All of that makes sense except the Sharepoint... what do you need that for?

 

[rh71]

pointless for me but I've done it as a personal challenge... then I shut it off.

 

[ElFenix]

i ran an email server so i could get more dellf codes

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: mugs
All of that makes sense except the Sharepoint... what do you need that for?

I am also a Tech Writer, plus it is nice to put up photos on there, then I give my parents an account, they login to RWW, and look at them that way and can download the ones they like.



jC

 

[Colt45]

I'm working on something, but im slow as hell.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: Jero
Guilty as charge.
Except here everything is linux and freebsd

I am slowly learning that stuff.

wish i had more time

5 kids, a wife that is an attorney, church, etc.

aaack...

no tiempo

jC

 

[EyeMWing]

A 1.5/1.5 T1 link, it's associated gateway (only works with 4 machines), a 4.0/somthing cable link, it's associated router (also the DHCP server), a Win2k3 domain controller, an intranet HTTP/FTP/etc. server, two outside-accessible HTTP/FTP servers (used internally, our website is served from a 1and1 free account because we're lame), a MySQL server, several generic SMB fileservers, a workstation in every room, a pair of PS2's, a whole bunch of random toyboxes that I play with, ranging from an Apple II to a Tandy 1000, an 802.11g AP for me to hop on wirelessly, an Appletalk segment on localtalk hardware, a tokenring segment on localtalk hardware. I'm working on getting a cheap ethernet laser printer so people can stop abusing my i560 and I can unshare it.


My DHCP server has 45 leases on it, 4 of which are static and indicate the T1 as the Gateway rather than the DHCP server's routing service (to the cable)

So I have 41 pieces of equipment behind a 4mbit cable line.

 

[Chunkee]

'm working on getting a cheap ethernet laser printer so people can stop abusing my i560 and I can unshare it.

I just got one of those Dell 1600's. Pretty slick and cheap 205 shipped with NIC.

jC

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
'm working on getting a cheap ethernet laser printer so people can stop abusing my i560 and I can unshare it.

I just got one of those Dell 1600's. Pretty slick and cheap 205 shipped with NIC.

jC

No dice, I refuse to have a single Dell logo permanently resident here simply because I hate servicing Dell equipment and don't want to give my customers any f'ing ideas. "Oh, wow, a Dell printer. Maybe I'll bring him my old Dimension to fix up!!!!"

 

[radioouman]

Email server, HTTP server, MySQL, PHP, FTP server, webcam server running on my cable connection. I have 4 computers behind it, plus one connection for test PCs. My router is 802.11b and my wife's machine and my laptop run wirelessly. My desktop and my server are hardwired.

 

[Crucial]

I just have a windows box for me and my wife, a HTPC and a freebsd box for my web site and email.

 

[nsafreak]

Here's what I have in my houeshold

3 Windows XP Pro clients
1 Windows 2000 Pro client
Xbox hooked up
PS2 hooked up
Debian 3 server for PDC/fileserving/internal webserving duties

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
A 1.5/1.5 T1 link, it's associated gateway (only works with 4 machines), a 4.0/somthing cable link, it's associated router (also the DHCP server), a Win2k3 domain controller, an intranet HTTP/FTP/etc. server, two outside-accessible HTTP/FTP servers (used internally, our website is served from a 1and1 free account because we're lame), a MySQL server, several generic SMB fileservers, a workstation in every room, a pair of PS2's, a whole bunch of random toyboxes that I play with, ranging from an Apple II to a Tandy 1000, an 802.11g AP for me to hop on wirelessly, an Appletalk segment on localtalk hardware, a tokenring segment on localtalk hardware. I'm working on getting a cheap ethernet laser printer so people can stop abusing my i560 and I can unshare it.


My DHCP server has 45 leases on it, 4 of which are static and indicate the T1 as the Gateway rather than the DHCP server's routing service (to the cable)

So I have 41 pieces of equipment behind a 4mbit cable line.

That's a lot to take care of. I'm slowly trying to cut down on the machines I have running in my house, both for ease-of-maintenance and cost-of-power reasons. What do you do with a workstation in every room? Does that include bathrooms, kitchen, etc.? I've got a laptop in one bathroom and one bedroom, but most of the rooms in my house don't actually have computers in them. Laptops are nice for that kind of thing because you don't have to work them into the room's decor--though in the days before PCs (and, of course, laptops), I did have a terminal built into a very nice-looking old radio cabinet, so it wasn't obtrusive at all, decorating-wise.

Well, I can see how having one in the kitchen could be handy if you used that to organize your recipies.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I have a Gentoo Linux server at home that runs SAMBA for backup purposes. It also runs apache but I never use it as a web server.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Trygve

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
A 1.5/1.5 T1 link, it's associated gateway (only works with 4 machines), a 4.0/somthing cable link, it's associated router (also the DHCP server), a Win2k3 domain controller, an intranet HTTP/FTP/etc. server, two outside-accessible HTTP/FTP servers (used internally, our website is served from a 1and1 free account because we're lame), a MySQL server, several generic SMB fileservers, a workstation in every room, a pair of PS2's, a whole bunch of random toyboxes that I play with, ranging from an Apple II to a Tandy 1000, an 802.11g AP for me to hop on wirelessly, an Appletalk segment on localtalk hardware, a tokenring segment on localtalk hardware. I'm working on getting a cheap ethernet laser printer so people can stop abusing my i560 and I can unshare it.


My DHCP server has 45 leases on it, 4 of which are static and indicate the T1 as the Gateway rather than the DHCP server's routing service (to the cable)

So I have 41 pieces of equipment behind a 4mbit cable line.

That's a lot to take care of. I'm slowly trying to cut down on the machines I have running in my house, both for ease-of-maintenance and cost-of-power reasons. What do you do with a workstation in every room? Does that include bathrooms, kitchen, etc.? I've got a laptop in one bathroom and one bedroom, but most of the rooms in my house don't actually have computers in them. Laptops are nice for that kind of thing because you don't have to work them into the room's decor--though in the days before PCs (and, of course, laptops), I did have a terminal built into a very nice-looking old radio cabinet, so it wasn't obtrusive at all, decorating-wise.

Well, I can see how having one in the kitchen could be handy if you used that to organize your recipies.

As far as taking care of it, it's all 100% stable thanks to my skillz.

Power cost? Most of them are off almost all the time, only 3-4 are functional 12+ hours a day, not counting the servers and gateways.
Well we have like 18 people here or something, or at least it seems like it. And no, that's just bedrooms and multipurpose rooms. We have far more computers than we have furniture, they ARE the decor in my room.

 

[chuckywang]

What do you need for an email server?

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Trygve

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
So I have 41 pieces of equipment behind a 4mbit cable line.

That's a lot to take care of. I'm slowly trying to cut down on the machines I have running in my house, both for ease-of-maintenance and cost-of-power reasons. What do you do with a workstation in every room? Does that include bathrooms, kitchen, etc.?

As far as taking care of it, it's all 100% stable thanks to my skillz.

Power cost? Most of them are off almost all the time, only 3-4 are functional 12+ hours a day, not counting the servers and gateways.
Well we have like 18 people here or something, or at least it seems like it. And no, that's just bedrooms and multipurpose rooms. We have far more computers than we have furniture, they ARE the decor in my room.

I've got a similar number of machines, but they're on 24/7. The power cost isn't killing me, but it's certainly trying to bite off a couple of toes. This time of year, I can always comfort myself that it's just an electric heating system for the house.

I really should get some of those skillz myself. Everything will run flawlessly out here for months sometimes, but sooner or later *something* will go wrong. Even though it's just me and the machines out here, I have a few volunteers around the world that help on the software and OS end of things, and I'll sometimes have to go figure out what somebody did to one of the machines and bring it back to life...and it does seem like things like to go wrong at 3:00 AM.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Trygve

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Trygve

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
So I have 41 pieces of equipment behind a 4mbit cable line.

That's a lot to take care of. I'm slowly trying to cut down on the machines I have running in my house, both for ease-of-maintenance and cost-of-power reasons. What do you do with a workstation in every room? Does that include bathrooms, kitchen, etc.?

As far as taking care of it, it's all 100% stable thanks to my skillz.

Power cost? Most of them are off almost all the time, only 3-4 are functional 12+ hours a day, not counting the servers and gateways.
Well we have like 18 people here or something, or at least it seems like it. And no, that's just bedrooms and multipurpose rooms. We have far more computers than we have furniture, they ARE the decor in my room.

I've got a similar number of machines, but they're on 24/7. The power cost isn't killing me, but it's certainly trying to bite off a couple of toes. This time of year, I can always comfort myself that it's just an electric heating system for the house.

I really should get some of those skillz myself. Everything will run flawlessly out here for months sometimes, but sooner or later *something* will go wrong. Even though it's just me and the machines out here, I have a few volunteers around the world that help on the software and OS end of things, and I'll sometimes have to go figure out what somebody did to one of the machines and bring it back to life...and it does seem like things like to go wrong at 3:00 AM.

Man, when I first got the T1, I was reorganizing my rack - somehow blew out 4 ports on my main 16-port switch somehow, including the 2 ports to both gateways. Took me nearly a day to find that problem. Now I'm running a 48 port Cisco now. It's maddening.

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Trygve
I've got a similar number of machines, but they're on 24/7. The power cost isn't killing me, but it's certainly trying to bite off a couple of toes. This time of year, I can always comfort myself that it's just an electric heating system for the house.

I really should get some of those skillz myself. Everything will run flawlessly out here for months sometimes, but sooner or later *something* will go wrong. Even though it's just me and the machines out here, I have a few volunteers around the world that help on the software and OS end of things, and I'll sometimes have to go figure out what somebody did to one of the machines and bring it back to life...and it does seem like things like to go wrong at 3:00 AM.

Man, when I first got the T1, I was reorganizing my rack - somehow blew out 4 ports on my main 16-port switch somehow, including the 2 ports to both gateways. Took me nearly a day to find that problem. Now I'm running a 48 port Cisco now. It's maddening.

I figure that's one of the laws of serverdynamics: when you make things neat and organized, *something* will promptly blow up.

I've been fortunate not to have had any problems with the switches out here: I'm using matrixed 3Com 3300 switches on the external network and Dell 2616 Gigabit switches on the internal network (I need speed more than management on the internal network). I've got newer gear I could replace the 3Coms with, but I like the compactness of the UI. I suppose I could write an SNMP monitor that has a UI that I like just as well, but I've got too much else higher on my to-do list and I don't know that I'd get anything more from newer, classier switches beyond the enhanced coolness factor. (Not that I'm immune from taking that into account.)

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I own three domains, but I have a subdomain on each of two of them hosted from home on Gentoo.

 

[jlee]

I just have a 3-computer network..two are wired and one is wireless. Nothing fancy..

 

[psiu]

Not yet....but someday

EDIT: Right now I'm trying to get the family (both mine and in-laws) who have digital cameras and/or families to use my website and email to help get photos back and forth from across the country (and the ocean at the moment).

One sister-in-law studying in Austria(that we bought a digital camera for and a laptop that we bought so we could loan it to her), one sister-in-law, her husband and their 4 kids in Pittsburgh, a friend of the families in Ohio, another sister-in-law, her husband and their kid in California, my brother, dad, and mom all living in separate locations in very-super-way-up-there northern Michigan (the U.P. to be exact), my sister in the Detroit metro area, my wife's parents, and yet another sister-in-law and her husband and kid.

This is ignoring the two brother-in-laws for the moment and yet another sister-in-law.

I also have to add a couple more close friends of ours...

It's a lot of damn remote technical support, I'll say that much...

DOUOBLE EDIT: you wouldn't think it was that hard.....but some of these people and computers

 

[TwiceOver]

5 PC server 2003 Domain and a potential Linux box that I am planning to learn on.