Network Rack Phase 4
What has been updated since our last post? There have been a few updates in the short amount of time. This is what was covered for Phase 4 of this project.
- Purchased an Odyssey PC to install Untangle Firewall. Demoted my wireless router to Access Point.
- Upgraded my 16 port switch to a 24 port Managed POE+ switch.
- Purchased a 3D Printer and started to print a few projects.
- 3D Printed my Raspberry Pi 2U rack and installed it onto my network rack.
- Purchased 2 Raspberry Pi with POE Hats. The POE hats power the Rpi (Raspberri Pi) without needed AC Adapters.
- One is setup for Nextcloud
- Another is setup for PiHole network ad blocker
- Rebuilt my NAS Server. Swapped out CPU and motherboard. Installed a dedicated NVME, 32GB ECC DDR4 Ram and Dual NIC card. I will bond both ethernet adapters to work as a single line for better delivery on my network. Using the upgraded switch mentioned from above.
- 3D Printed a Rackmount Modem shelf. I relocated my modem that was install on my desk onto my network rack.
- I cut and terminated all of the network cables to the proper length on my rack.
What will be included for phase 5? I have a few ideas that currently being planned out. Overall, I am very happy how this is turning out.