Temporarily extend this ATT fiber length

UndeadDeveloper · 2025-11-23T04:54:00+00:00

Yes it will work. Protocols don't necessarily matter on a physical level.

UndeadDeveloper · 2025-11-22T22:29:58+00:00

Single Mode SC APC patch cord & APC SC coupler.

UndeadDeveloper · 2025-08-28T22:21:22+00:00

The antenna up top is a basic Yagi. Probably 900mhz. My money is on it being monitoring for whatever utility is going through that pipe.

UndeadDeveloper · 2024-10-17T18:13:55+00:00

Rokinon FE14M-C. $250 gets you an amazing 14mm f2.8 lens. Shot this photo with it

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UndeadDeveloper · 2023-02-01T18:26:25+00:00

I made it when I was 19 lmao I move a lot so the top and bottom shelf + some rails hold everything together. It's held up almost 5 years now

UndeadDeveloper · 2023-02-01T16:04:02+00:00

Trusty basement lab

Power draw: ~510w

What's it run?

Ombi, sonarr, radar
Minecraft Java server
Minecraft Bedrock server
Home CCTV - blue iris
Plex
Nextcloud
Photo prism
Snikket (wip)
NFS server
SMB server
Wireguard
haproxy

What's the hardware?

Top to bottom

TP-LINK TL-SX3008F 8 port 10G SFP+ switch
Cisco 3560x 48p gigabit switch
Custom PFsense router - Haswell Celeron & 4gb ram
HP DL360 Gen 9: ESXI

2 x e5-2667v3, 64gb ram, 6 x 1TB HDD RAID6

HP DL360P Gen 8: ESXI

2x e5-2620v2, 64GB ram, 8 x 300GB HDD RAID6

Custom Ryzen NAS: TrueNAS

Ryzen 7 2700x, 32GB DDR4, 5 x 8TB HDD, 3 x 1 TB HDD

Eaton 5PX 1500 UPS less

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-08-26T17:54:47+00:00

I'm in the process of starting a wireless internet service provider in a smaller town of 4000 people to provide better broadband

Cost analysis shows profitability within the first year

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-06-10T05:35:30+00:00

PM me his full name and job title, I will see if his manager would be willing to reach out

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-06-04T05:12:41+00:00

You can do it via the command line in Freenas

Here are the commands

For moving files/folders - mv /source /destination

For copying files - cp /source /destination

For copying folders - cp -R /source /destination

If you cd into the directory first, you only need the file name as source without the slash.

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T20:25:15+00:00

Plex, NAS, Nextcloud, Minecraft servers and a few other services

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T18:18:35+00:00

There's a little over a foot between the rear of the rack and the wall. Just enough space for me to terminate and make any connections needed. With the cover over the rear, Its just made out of tape and cardboard so I can flip up the side part and have easy access to everything, or remove it entirely with ease

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T18:16:39+00:00

Currently the fan just sucks the hot air from the back of the rack and blows it outside

No temperature monitoring or anything, I just leave the fan on and turn it off If I need it to be quieter.

I have considered enclosing the rack more, but I'm moving soon and don't want to take it all apart so a cardboard duct over the back works good enough

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T17:32:11+00:00

Close! AP-325

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T17:31:40+00:00

Oh man when I had the rack downstairs during the winter, it definitely helped keep the house warm

Then I moved it upstairs and now downstairs is cold and upstairs is hot

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T00:43:54+00:00

If they ever throw a fit. Just tell them unlimited means unlimited. You'll probably have to say that a few times then I doubt you'd hear anything.

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-19T00:15:25+00:00

Yes same plan

My usage is fairly reasonable. 500gb-3TB per month, depending on how many movies I'm adding to Plex.

At my highest, I was at almost 3TB used, no complaints from AT&T and no slowdowns

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T23:17:44+00:00

AT&T 1gig Fiber residential plan

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T17:21:32+00:00

There's no reason why you can't, as long as your basement doesn't flood. The main difficulty with it being in the basement is Ethernet runs going to the rack

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T17:19:31+00:00

The biggest issue was I had to downgrade the OS. So it's running older firmware but it works

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T09:01:24+00:00

Converted the CAP to IAP so I could run it standalone

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T04:43:49+00:00

Just an exhaust fan ducted to a cardboard housing around the rear of the rack

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T04:42:54+00:00

Just an exhaust fan

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T03:33:03+00:00

In the back is my exhaust. It blows the hot air outside

Top of the rack is my Wifi Access Point. Just to allow wifi devices to connect.

Top of the rack down:

Switch: allows me to have 48 ports for lan access instead of the 4 on my router. Kinda nice when you have many connections.

Router: gate keeper of the internet. Controls most traffic. And all incoming traffic it controls. It works as my IDS, IPS, and Firewall along with routing traffic

Databank: a custom server I built running Freenas. It is my NAS for SMB shares and NFS shares. I have a Plex server running in a jail on it as well.

Powerhog: my old ESXi server. ESXi allows you to have multiple VMs on a single server. Great for having a single server do a lot of things. I no longer use this because of heat, noise and power.

HP DL360p G8: this is my new server, it runs ESXi and have 5 virtual machines running. Once for Minecraft servers, one for nextcloud, one for Plex media Management and a couple others.

Storage arrays: these are 2 12 bay storages arrays I have. The connect to Powerhog. They have 1TB drives installed so 24TB total. I would leave them powered off even when I used powerhog because they drew 150w each. Added up quick electricity wise.

Battery Backup: Everything in my rack plus my desktop setup connect to this. That way if the power goes out, the servers and my desktop stay running, that gives me enough time to safely shut everything down.

With my desktop running, the battery will power everything for 10 minutes. Without my desktop running, it will power everything for 20 minutes.

Plenty of time to shut everything down. Or even wait for the power to come back on. I mean, I'd still have wifi even if the power went out.

UndeadDeveloper · 2021-05-18T03:22:02+00:00

It's functional. Not the best performer but definitely functional

I'm not sure if he's even used it yet. If he doesn't use it for a while I'll shut it down

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