- My Local Area Network (LAN) -
2007.07.28 Updated my LAN with a Netgear SC101 SAN Storage Central, at the moment i'm using two 250Gb Hard-drives inside the device. Also moved one of my UPS devices down to the LAN stack to protect my firewall and ADSL equipment.
LAN-Stack with new SAN and UPS unit
2007.03.01 Installed a WLAN Access point from 3com. I modified the unit with 8dbi external omni directional antennas to extend range and inprove reliability. The unit is a 3com model WL-525 using the standard 802.11g. With the external antennas replaced is't now possible to access the AP from a distance up to 200meters.
WLAN installation
My LAN installation
When i moved to this house one of my first installations was a LAN (Local Area network). I know from earlier experience that LAN cables and LAN equipment is one of the most usual sources of radio interferance. I am also a licensed radio amateur, therefore noice in the radio-spectrum is NOT desired!
Earlier i have tried to use LAN equipment from D-Link and Netgear, this time i wont make that miss take again.
LAN-Stack prior to update
Hardware
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Standards .................. CAT 5E
IEEE 802.3 / IEEE 802.3u
10BaseT / 100BaseTX
Router / Switch 1 .......... Linksys RV082 8port MDI/MDI-X
Dual WAN Port Firewall / Gateway
Router / Switch 2 .......... Linksys BEFVP41 4port MDI/MDI-X (In the garage)
Single Wan Port Firewall / Gateway
WLAN AP .....................3com WL-525 / 802.11g
SAN ........................ Netgear SC101
UPS ........................ APC Back-UPS CS-350
Switch 4 (garage) .......... DLINK DES1016D
ADSL 2+ Modem .............. Zyxel 600N Series
Radio Router ............... LinkSys WRT54GL
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Linksys -- www.linksys.com
- Internet connection -
At the moment i use one 1/8 (up/down) ADSL connection from the ISP 'Bredbandsbolaget'
Bredbandsbolaget -- www.bredband.net
I am also using a 'fallback' connection via Radio-Link. The link is primary used for 24/7 function monitoring of our community WAN (Work).
For this connection i am using old lucent 11 mbps (IEEE 802.11b) equipment. I am also using 'SecondHand' 62cm parabolic antennas from 'VHF Teknik'. The total link span is about 9500 meter. (9.5km)
LAN Layout
Radio Bridge1
Parabolic WLAN Antenna from VHF-teknik
In the Garage - Switch4
http://www.lucent.com
http://www.vhfteknik.se
- LAN Installation -
My Local Area Network (LAN) (This Page!)
Physical installation of a Ethernet LAN
WAN Connection Capacity Test.
My Server@Home
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