[Nyx]

So I've been increasingly getting interested in networking. Right now I have a my main home network that my family uses throughout the whole house, however in my basement I have a router so I can run my own personal network and it's connected to a 10 port switch to give me some more wiggle room with the amount of wired devices I can have. I'm half interested in finding a cheap server to run some things on but I'm not totally sure what my uses for it would be. So, to anyone here who has their own personal decked out network, what do you have that I'm missing that you would recommend? And also what are some potential uses for a server? Other than wanting to run a dedicated Plex media server I'm not sure what else I could do with it that would be useful.

[Nyx]

Curious as to if you have any input on this @mothered

[Skullmeat]

I need to cable manage it, but haven't due to the downtime that would require, but here's my setup.



Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/r...index.html

Cisco 2960-24TT-L 10/100 Dual Gigabit Port Managed Switch
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/sw...model.html

Dell PowerEdge R710 Virtualization Server
(x2) Intel Xenon 5645 @2.4 Ghz
32 GB Ram
(x2) 250GB Dell 10k RPM SAS Drives
Generic 750GB HDD
VMware ESXi 6.5
Dell iDRAC 6 Enterprise (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller)

[Mr.Kurd]

Curious as to if you have any input on this @mothered

Same, as long as he is online and coming back to this forum. I wanna get as much as I can info from him. Maybe this wouldn't matter how is he setting up his Network but still curious to know how is it looks like.

[dismay]

Curious as to if you have any input on this @mothered

Same, as long as he is online and coming back to this forum. I wanna get as much as I can info from him. Maybe this wouldn't matter how is he setting up his Network but still curious to know how is it looks like.

I remember him back in 2011 on HF. He's my favorite user on any forum and I was pretty stoked when I saw him again last year. @mothered helped me many times back in my High school years. He's an all round top bloke.

[dismay]

I need to cable manage it, but haven't due to the downtime that would require, but here's my setup.



Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/r...index.html

Cisco 2960-24TT-L 10/100 Dual Gigabit Port Managed Switch
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/sw...model.html

Dell PowerEdge R710 Virtualization Server
(x2) Intel Xenon 5645 @2.4 Ghz
32 GB Ram
(x2) 250GB Dell 10k RPM SAS Drives
Generic 750GB HDD
VMware ESXi 6.5
Dell iDRAC 6 Enterprise (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller)

This gives me flash-backs of my Networking course.

[Mr.Kurd]

Curious as to if you have any input on this @mothered

Same, as long as he is online and coming back to this forum. I wanna get as much as I can info from him. Maybe this wouldn't matter how is he setting up his Network but still curious to know how is it looks like.

I remember him back in 2011 on HF. He's my favorite user on any forum and I was pretty stoked when I saw him again last year. @mothered helped me many times back in my High school years. He's an all round top bloke.

Wow 9 years, Hope him lives in peace and longer, Actually he is helping everyone. I think that most of us owe him. I learned from him many things and bothered him many times by PMing him but he kindly always replying to me. Thank you @mothered

[darkninja1980]

I need to cable manage it, but haven't due to the downtime that would require, but here's my setup.



Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/r...index.html

Cisco 2960-24TT-L 10/100 Dual Gigabit Port Managed Switch
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/sw...model.html

Dell PowerEdge R710 Virtualization Server
(x2) Intel Xenon 5645 @2.4 Ghz
32 GB Ram
(x2) 250GB Dell 10k RPM SAS Drives
Generic 750GB HDD
VMware ESXi 6.5
Dell iDRAC 6 Enterprise (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller)

Wow nice and clean setup.

[Nyx]

I need to cable manage it, but haven't due to the downtime that would require, but here's my setup.



Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/r...index.html

Cisco 2960-24TT-L 10/100 Dual Gigabit Port Managed Switch
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/sw...model.html

Dell PowerEdge R710 Virtualization Server
(x2) Intel Xenon 5645 @2.4 Ghz
32 GB Ram
(x2) 250GB Dell 10k RPM SAS Drives
Generic 750GB HDD
VMware ESXi 6.5
Dell iDRAC 6 Enterprise (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller)

Wow I really like this setup. This is the kind of setup I had in mind. If you don't mind me asking, what do you run/store on your server? (other than your obligatory 10tb porn collection lol)

[Nyx]

Same, as long as he is online and coming back to this forum. I wanna get as much as I can info from him. Maybe this wouldn't matter how is he setting up his Network but still curious to know how is it looks like.

I remember him back in 2011 on HF. He's my favorite user on any forum and I was pretty stoked when I saw him again last year. @mothered  helped me many times back in my High school years. He's an all round top bloke.

Wow 9 years, Hope him lives in peace and longer, Actually he is helping everyone. I think that most of us owe him. I learned from him many things and bothered him many times by PMing him but he kindly always replying to me. Thank you @mothered

@mothered is without a doubt one of my all time favorite forum members. He is always helpful to everyone to asks and he's extremely knowledgeable.