describe your home network setup

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So we get plenty of posts here about individual PCs and their components...how about we all desribe
what makes up our home networks. I'll start:

modem: DSL/uverse with integrated router/switch/AP, provided by AT&T. Works fine but doesn't have
802.11n.

switch: An SMC 10/100, has never needed a power cycle. Will need to upgrade to gigabit if I ever
start moving large files around.

Desktop: 2007-era Dell dual core, connected via Ethernet.

Laptop: 2010 Gateway, used mainly as an htpc. Connected via Ethernet.

Console: A 360, one of the slim ones. Ethernet connection.

Phone: Original iphone, still works well. Don't use it much at home anymore since I got the
tablet.

Tablet: HP Touchpad.

Printer: Samsung color laser, connected via Ethernet.
 
Trevor Smithson said:
So we get plenty of posts here about individual PCs and their
components...how about we all desribe what makes up our home
networks.
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A DSL wireless gateway and a mobile (pocket-sized) Hotspot. The
Hotspot is good for up to eight connected devices, and it can be
taken with me. The DSL is just less than 3 Mbps and the Hotspot is
about 5 Mbps when USB connected to the PC. Total cost is about $68
per month.
 
So we get plenty of posts here about individual PCs and their components...how about we all desribe
what makes up our home networks. I'll start:
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Here's my list of devices that make up my home network.

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Motorola Cable Modem (Docsys 3)

Netgear WPN824 Wireless Router

Netgear MBR624GU Wireless Router + 3G Dongle (Dodo)

Netgear 8 port 10/100/1000 Switch

16 Port 10/100 Switch

APC Back-UPS Pro 420 UPS

3 x Netgear SC101t NAS Units (5TB total storage)

1 x Netgear SC101 NAS Unit (640GB total storage)

1 x SmartDrive NAS Unit (200GB total storage)

1 x PowerMac 2.3GHz DP PPC /4GB RAM/750GB HDD/WiFi/TV Tuner/BluRay

2 x iMac G3/1 GB RAM/20GB HDD/Airport

1 x PC Intel 945GTP/3GHz/4GB RAM/4TB Total HDD

1 x PC Intel 945GTP/3.4GHz/1GB RAM/2TB Total HDD

1 x PC Intel 965GLC/3.2GHz/2GB RAM/2TB Total HDD

1 x PC Gigabyte G33-DS2R/Q6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz/1.2 TB Total HDD

1 x Toshiba Qosmio 2.2GHz Core2Duo/2GB RAM/1 TB Total HDD

1 x Toshiba Satelite 2GHz Celeron/4GB RAM/320 GB HDD

Asus VH242H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Asus 17' 4x3 LCD Monitor

4 x 1TB External USB HDD (Lacie)

1 x 1.5TB External USB HDD (WD)

1 x 1TB External USB HDD (WD)

Sundry Assorted sub 200GB USB/Firewire HDD both 2.5" & 3.5"

WD Live TV

1 x Aten CS-1734a KVM

2 x Aten CS-84U KVM
 
Wow! I'd like to see a photo of that 17 foot Asus monitor. You could
build a house around that! <smile>
 
Wow! I'd like to see a photo of that 17 foot Asus monitor. You could
build a house around that!<smile>
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So would I! ;-)

I don't think I'd have a wall large enough for it, especially the
height, even at 16x9. I guess I'd have to build a special home theatre.
Problem is, they would probably only make the resolution 1920x1080p.
That would make the pixel size a very considerable 2.5 mm. Need to be
viewing it from a long way back.
 
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