{"id":98,"date":"2018-02-18T02:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T02:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=98"},"modified":"2020-08-23T22:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T22:14:47","slug":"network-setup-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Network Setup Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The network in the house has never really sat well with me, starting with the pre-installed phone splitter to the gaping hole the contractors left in the wall for the cables. This then comes to a summit since there were NO outlets near the Ethernet for the entire house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40\" src=\"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170127_130806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Revision 1\u200c<\/h2>\n<p>The first revision of my network started with a single 8 Port switch on a shelf with an extension cord running under the door. This was sub-optimal due to a few reasons: first, there are 10 ports to connect, and this was an 8 Port switch, easy to fix with a bigger switch, but second and more importantly, the power was from an extension cable going out of the closet. This was an ugly setup and needed to be updated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170312_153141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The power cord went to the wall wart for the switch attached onto an extension cord that went outside the closet into a bathroom in order to actually get power for the network.<\/p>\n<h2>Revision 2<\/h2>\n<p>I removed the need for a power cable by swapping out to a POE setup. My office ran a POE switch, and the switch in the closet was swapped to one that can be powered by POE. The hardware for this is Unifi switches, the USW8-150W for power, and two USW8&#8217;s to be powered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123\" src=\"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170409_094003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4640\" height=\"3480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The POE switch sits in my office next to the rest of the core network gear (modem, router, ap).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121\" src=\"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170326_172818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first revision of the POE powered switches came with a bit of&#8230; extra cable, once the proof of concept was working, I purchased some new ethernet cords and set it up for good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124\" src=\"http:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20170416_125134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4640\" height=\"3480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I setup link aggregation between the switches in order to improve bandwidth between the two segments of the network. This was all simple using the Unifi controller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The network in the house has never really sat well with me, starting with the pre-installed phone splitter to the gaping hole the contractors left in the wall for the cables. 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