New Switch

[Matt]

Moving a few things around in my network, so bought a new 5 port GigE switch from ebuyer



It's a Netgear GS205

Very dinky and lot nicer than my older GS605, and a bargain at £16.49!

http://www.ebuyer.com/411321-netgear-gs205-5-port-gigabit-ethernet-switch-gs205-100uks

older GS605
http://www.ebuyer.com/64190-netgear-gs605-5-port-gigabit-switch-gs605uk

 

[Sjdickso]

It is a little dinky one.

 

[Matt]

It is a little dinky one.

Yea, it's a lot smaller than I was expecting. I've put that one on the desk now, and will be moving the GS605 downstairs when I move the NAS. Just need my cables to turn up so I can run them through the floor

 

[Matt]

Got my Cat6 goodies in the post today


30m, 15m and 5m

 

[MikeS]

yeh I am contemplating drilling hole through wall and routing from the outside concerning connectivity upstairs and downstairs

 

[Matt]

yeh I am contemplating drilling hole through wall and routing from the outside concerning connectivity upstairs and downstairs

I've already got the hole in the wall from upstairs to downstairs, as there is a hole where the TV aerial was ran through.

Wanted to keep this inside, and I'm going to be putting the NAS under the stairs with it's own switch.

 

[MikeS]

ooh

he is going underground

mine is secret porn stash

 

[Matt]

ooh

he is going underground

mine is secret porn stash

I've got to move the NAS because it's so bloody noisy, and we don't want to have it in our room when I moved the desk out of the spare room. I tried it in the living room, but it's louder than the TV when it's seeking

 

[MikeS]

is it down to the resonating hard drives ?

 

[Matt]

is it down to the resonating hard drives ?

Yeah, they resonate, and they are quite noisy when seeking. You can really hear the arms moving on them both when they are reading and writing data.

 

[PowR Remap]

I can't hear mine..... Thats cos I have a hearing problem lol!! Missus tells me to turn them off when we go to bed as she can hear them!

 

[MikeS]

aye i chucked in wd green drives into my sat receiver and hp microproliant n40l
now silent

 

[Matt]

That's an option I've got in the future. The drives are swappable, and the RAID will auto rebuild onto the new drives (can also put larger drives in it)

 

[Matt]

Just finished moving all the cables and the NAS around.

It's now on a shelf under the stairs, with a switch connecting it to the living room switch. I've also managed to lift a floorboard, and have gone through the ceiling to run the cable to the upstairs. Everything is working.......which is a nice surprise!

 

[MikeS]

something that I have do soon

home plugs are p**sing me off

 

[Matt]

something that I have do soon

home plugs are p**sing me off

I've just got a set of the home plugs back out so I can have the CCTV running again until I move the desk into our bedroom.

The NAS and switch in it's new home

 

[MikeS]

looks nice and snug in there