Well my servers were quite a bit older when I had them. Old HP hardware with 6 SCSI drives in them and dual power supplies. Had 5 of them. They'd would raise the room temp +10 degrees from the rest of the house. :)
- Will On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 20:07, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote: > *Yeah I’m probably spending $75+ a month on electric for this. That said > I can run 50-75 VMs concurrently with no sweat. It is nice to be able to > pull up any version of windows or exchange or whatever and look at > something, but, the forest all this stuff is in is also screwed up on an > epic level. Nice for real world testing but also obnoxious when you just > want something to work quickly. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:25 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Wireless controller for 2 APs?**** > > ** ** > > "... I absolutely hate having to play SysAdmin at home..."**** > > ** ** > > This reminds me of why I finally dumped all my servers and routers at > home, and try to stick with virtual labs when the occasion arises. That > said I'm certain you do simulations of client environments that I just > don't have to do any longer that requires hardware to manipulate. Some > days I miss the sounds of all those fans, but I don't miss the utility bill > that went along with them. :) > > - Will > > **** > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 19:06, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > *I don’t have a wireless router. Essentially what I have is a bit > complicated but very manageable:***** > > * ***** > > · *My Comcast comes into my home office in the basement. There’s > a Cisco 1741 I acquired which the Internet and Wireless hang off of.***** > > · *I have a pair of Dell 8 port GigE managed switches (like 75 > bucks each) that all my stuff (PCs, phone, printer, MFP, etc.) plugs into > in the basement***** > > o *The “management” interface on these things is craptastic, but the > price/functionality ratio was right and they are fan-less***** > > · *Said switches have a Cisco 11something WAP attached which I > acquired several of at a somewhat questionably exceedingly low price on > ebay – general WiFi SSID is hosted here***** > > · *Upstairs in my living room, I have another one of the Dell > switches under the TV – a second Cisco 11something WAP is bridging the > network up to there from the basement, and my Media Center, XBOX, etc. are > all plugged in***** > > · *The new DLink is hanging off the living room switch with a > different SSID and is really dedicated to servicing my media center > extender xbox in the bedroom as I was getting poor perf for HD over > 802.11G. ***** > > * ***** > > *At some point I might just replace the Cisco WAP in the basement with > another DLINK as it looks like they can do the bridging plus give me N into > my office network as well. The Cisco router needs to go one of these days > as it’s loud and sucking power but it hasn’t yet become a priority after 2 > years of me complaining that it’s loud. I need throughput on the router as > my lab environment is on a separate VLAN so that passes through the router. > ***** > > * ***** > > *I tend to just spend the extra money on the low-end (or older mid-range) > commercial gear as while I absolutely hate having to play SysAdmin at home, > on the odd occasion that I have a need to do something strange, the > capability is there. For example I had to mess with some multicast settings > to get the media center extender working when I got it. Likewise my VOIP > company was recently alleging that my phone issues were my fault and I > mirrored the phone’s port off the switch and produced a trace proving > otherwise. ***** > > * ***** > > *I will caution that the flipside of buying commercial wireless gear in > particular requires that you have some semblance of a clue about WiFi and > RF and so forth. Mine is really limited to what I read on Wikipedia, > ownership of a full roll of tin foil, and the occasional favor from someone > who actually understands this stuff. I’ve had some challenges getting my > WiFi to work correctly and perform, especially in a dense urban residential > neighborhood where everybody and their brother has some form of Linksys > wifi broadcasting.***** > > * ***** > > *Finally, I also invested some money on a couple APC UPS’ (~$175/ea > range) that can sustain everything for more than 2 or 3 minutes and that > have little LCD readouts on them that show load and power info. Even living > in a major city, the power gets a little screwy sometimes, especially > during summer storms (this weekend in fact). It doesn‘t always go out but > it gets dirty enough to get out of the tolerances on the UPS’. ***** > > * ***** > > * ***** > > *Thanks,***** > > *Brian Desmond***** > > *[email protected]***** > > * ***** > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132***** > > * ***** > > *From:* Webster [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:06 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Wireless controller for 2 APs?**** > > **** > > Brian,**** > > **** > > What wireless router do you have this matched up with? I have a Linksys > E3200 and haven’t found anything yet (from OfficeMax [for easy returns]) > that works with it.**** > > **** > > Thanks**** > > **** > > **** > > Carl Webster**** > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional**** > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/>**** > > **** > > *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Subject:* RE: Wireless controller for 2 APs?**** > > **** > > *btw the reason I picked that one over other competing or cheaper models > is that the Ethernet port on it is GigE. Many of these N-band APs have > 100meg ports and I wanted to make sure that I could push >100mbps over the > air down to the switch it’s plugged into. ***** > > * ***** > > * ***** > > *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] > *Subject:* RE: Wireless controller for 2 APs?**** > > **** > > *I picked one of these up - > **http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-2553*<http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-2553> > *. Seems featureful, works well (so far), and was reasonably easy to > configure. Make sure you flash the firmware as there’s a bunch of new > functionality. ***** > > * ***** > > *Thanks,***** > > *Brian Desmond***** > > *[email protected]***** > > * ***** > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132***** > > * ***** > > *From:* Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Subject:* Re: Wireless controller for 2 APs?**** > > **** > > Brian - which D-Link model? I'm in the market for a new AP.**** > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Sounds overkill. I just bought a D-Link WAP for my house a couple weeks > ago that's out of their SMB type line and it even has a little basic > wireless controller function built into it. Got it for perhaps 120 bucks on > Amazon.**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
