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Qtx · 30-05-2014, 12:28

Think it depends on what you call an elaborate setup. I don't see mine as particular complicated but I guess it's a bit more involved than the usual setup of just a client or two connecting to the internet through the isp router. I use my central storage box as a gateway for some machines so they can connect through it's VPN to encrypt their connections and get around geo restrictions etc. A few other unusual routing things I do internally too.

Lots of my devices have DLNA so I can use my phone or tablet to send music/video from one device to another in any room, so that stuff gets used a lot. Also Not just across the network, the AV receiver often gets used for streaming internet radio. Plugins the laptop and phone means I can send a video im watching on say youtube on those devices and send it to the tv or media players instead, or another plugin tells the NAS to download it instead. Using Yahtse remote on my android phone or tablet as a remote for XBMC, I can press a button and the video pauses on the tv and plays on the tablet instead, lots of fun things like that. If my mobile gets a phone call its set to pause the movie im watching as well as display in the corner of the tv who's calling. Also set to popup in the corner if I get emails/messages or whatever with who it is an a snippet of the message but doesnt pause in that case. Don't bother having multiple servers on the network like I used to. The NAS box has enough services and things like SQL running it to not really need a separate server and most things can be done in a VM on the fly these days. If it wasn't for the Synology NAS I use, I would have got the microserver to run a few vm's.

A lot of people get in to computer related work because fiddling with technical things interests them, so it kinda makes sense that they do it at home as well as work. So I guess you could call it a hobby.

Wake on Lan is used for a few things, port knocking and lots of different network type stuff like that. You can have a nice nice network related setup without having to have a lot of equipment really.

Router plugs in to a Netgear prosafe gigabit switch (love those metal box's) and between the two has Onkyo AV, sat box, PS3, Smart tv, Synology NAS an powerline adapters. Other rooms has powerline adapters with a few also having Cisco SE2500 gigabit switches (nice for bedrooms as there is a button to turn off led's) which then connect up to tv's, computers and Raspberry Pi's as media players. Throw in Laptops, android tv sticks, mobile phones, wireless printers, wireless repeater, secondary wireless routers.

Saying it like that it does seem like a lot of equipment but it doesn't feel like there is, if that makes sense.

30-05-2014, 12:28	#4
Qtx CF's Worst Nightmare Join Date: May 2012 Location: Probably outside the M25 Services: Sky Fibre Unlimited 40/10 Posts: 3,473	Re: Your home network Think it depends on what you call an elaborate setup. I don't see mine as particular complicated but I guess it's a bit more involved than the usual setup of just a client or two connecting to the internet through the isp router. I use my central storage box as a gateway for some machines so they can connect through it's VPN to encrypt their connections and get around geo restrictions etc. A few other unusual routing things I do internally too. Lots of my devices have DLNA so I can use my phone or tablet to send music/video from one device to another in any room, so that stuff gets used a lot. Also Not just across the network, the AV receiver often gets used for streaming internet radio. Plugins the laptop and phone means I can send a video im watching on say youtube on those devices and send it to the tv or media players instead, or another plugin tells the NAS to download it instead. Using Yahtse remote on my android phone or tablet as a remote for XBMC, I can press a button and the video pauses on the tv and plays on the tablet instead, lots of fun things like that. If my mobile gets a phone call its set to pause the movie im watching as well as display in the corner of the tv who's calling. Also set to popup in the corner if I get emails/messages or whatever with who it is an a snippet of the message but doesnt pause in that case. Don't bother having multiple servers on the network like I used to. The NAS box has enough services and things like SQL running it to not really need a separate server and most things can be done in a VM on the fly these days. If it wasn't for the Synology NAS I use, I would have got the microserver to run a few vm's. A lot of people get in to computer related work because fiddling with technical things interests them, so it kinda makes sense that they do it at home as well as work. So I guess you could call it a hobby. Wake on Lan is used for a few things, port knocking and lots of different network type stuff like that. You can have a nice nice network related setup without having to have a lot of equipment really. Router plugs in to a Netgear prosafe gigabit switch (love those metal box's) and between the two has Onkyo AV, sat box, PS3, Smart tv, Synology NAS an powerline adapters. Other rooms has powerline adapters with a few also having Cisco SE2500 gigabit switches (nice for bedrooms as there is a button to turn off led's) which then connect up to tv's, computers and Raspberry Pi's as media players. Throw in Laptops, android tv sticks, mobile phones, wireless printers, wireless repeater, secondary wireless routers. Saying it like that it does seem like a lot of equipment but it doesn't feel like there is, if that makes sense.