Testers network
Current setup
Hardware
- Three permanent windows clients - Glenns, Scotts, and Mums.
- One extra windows client occasionally connects - either Muffins (Scotts friend), or Andrew and Alissa's computer.
- One wireless laptop - Dads.
- One permanent Linux workstation/desktop - Ians.
- Three permanent Linux servers - two Ians, one the familys (but also admin'd by Ian).
- One Linux router, connecting the LAN, WAP, and ADSL modem.
- Two 8-port 10/100-BaseT switches - Ians, and the familys.
- One external ADSL modem connecting to the router by ethernet.
- One external WAP connecting to the router by ethernet.
- One UPS powering the family server, router, WAP, ADSL modem, and one switch.
Services
- Web server, and proxy with ad filtering
- DNS server with local domain
- SMTP server with spam and virus/worm/trojan filtering
- IMAP server for storing email
- NTP time server
- File server (Samba/SMB, NFS) with 360GiB of RAID-5 storage
- Monitoring of ADSL connection with bandwidth and ping time graphs
Issues
- Adding an ethernet connection(s) in the lounge room for a MythTV box.
- Moving to IPv6.
- Power consumption, heat, and sound produced by equipment in the family room.
Future
Hardware
- Adding extra ethernet connections upstairs (to entice Glenn out of the spare room downstairs).
- Moving to Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T).
- Adding MythTV frontends in the family room or other rooms.
- Adding MythTV backends (receivers) in the ceiling cavity.
- Adding a small cluster for network storage.
- Moving the WAP somewhere more appropriate, possibly using PoE.
- Purchasing a 16 or 24 port 10/100/1000Base-T switch.
- Changing the router to a smaller device.
- Moving the computer equipment somewhere more appropriate (either a cupboard/wardrobe somewhere, or the garage).
- Running lots of Cat-5e (Cat-6?) cable through the walls and ceiling cavities.
Services
- Ian moving out and connecting using a VPN.
- Connecting other family members into our network using VPN's.
- Allowing remote access to some services (e.g IMAP email, WebDAV) with the appropriate security (SSL)