Whats your home network setup

[nathan]

Thought i'd start a thread as i'm wondering what network setup you guys have got at home. Mines....

24mb adsl2+ (bethere)

Bebox modem (will be replaced with a draytek shortly) (wireless too)

4x 200mb zyxel powerline adapters

1 HP ML110 G5 (dual xeon 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM, 2TB HDD)

Server 2008 Standard, Exchange 2007 SP1, Hyper-V

Old media centre pc, wont mention specs (connected via powerline)

Desktop pc (connected via powerline)

Asus EEE 1000 (connected via wireless)

Xbox 360 (connected via powerline)

Currently have a copy of vista running in the hyper-v for the media extender on the xbox.

 

[Youngie1337]

Righit now 1 quad q6600, PS3 and laptop SamsungR70 I got 2 other comps which are ready to be used as some form of media PC. I am currently using PS3 a lot since I got some new gizmo'z for its.

 

[FarFarAway]

I have:

IDNET @ 5MB - can't get Virgin or Be

Draytek Vigour 2800G

Main PC

500GB NAS (RAID 1)

PS3

Panasonic BD35

Sony BDP-S350

Dell Laptop

 

[deathwish]

7 mb connection from idnet

Netgear mimo router

My main rig connected by Ethernet

Xbox 360 by Ethernet

Two other computers over the wireless

 

[TopSecret]

Virgin Cable TV, phone & net 10Mb package

NETGEAR WGR614 Wireless-G Cable/DSL Router

My main PC on wired (Vista Ult 64)

Daughters rig on w/less (Vista HP)

HTPC (Vista HP) and Wii in lounge both w/less

2 workstations (both XP Pro) 1x wired/1 w/less in garage with old server (server 2003) wired to router

I also have my N95 on w/less when I use it at home for VOIP calls

Vonage VOIP adaptor wired

My daughters and my laptops on w/less

I am looking at changing my network config and using some powerline adaptors, how do you rate them Nathan? I have installed a few for clients but never got around to trying them out at home.

 

[GavX]

ISP: Tiscali "8Mb" (my arse)

Router: DLink 54mb

PC's:

Red October (Gaming,Vista Business 64, wired)

Marquis de Carabas (File Server, XP, wired)

Pile of Crap (Media PC,Vista Home 32, wireless)

Craptop (Laptop from '99, XP (amazingly badly), wired if ever on)

Other:

Archos 705 wifi (wireless, can even be a second server )

Plan on getting some kind of new router with gigabit switches rather than 10/100 to speed up any internal file transfering, but apart from that I am happy, they all do their jobs. Except the craptop, which does its just painfully slowly and was my only PC for 4 months, with its 400Mhz Pentium 2. I wanted to shoot my face off during that time.

 

[Hyper]

ISP: O2 LLU @ 8MB (runs on same network at BE*)

Netgear DG834G (soon to upgrade to GT)

Main rig connected via ethernet

Xbox 360 via ethernet

Laptop via wireless

Nokia 5800 via wireless

Not the most interesting of networks but it works

 

[tinytomlogan]

I live out in the sticks so home is:

1.5mb BT

gigabit switch

- main rig

- server

- wifi router

-- missus laptop

-- my laptop

Remote rig for downloads

20mb cable line - 2680kbs real time in client

download/2nd fold rig remote controlled with logmein

 

[kataras]

UK Online (Easynet) get ~4Megs

|

Belkin G+ wireless modem router

|         |             |          |

ethernet      ethernet  ethernet  wireless

media centre  main pc   folks pc   netbook

 

[monkey7]

Nothing really interesting:

HetNet (planet) 5.5mbit adsl

Linksys modem/wireless router combination of which I do not know the name

Hardwired:

- dad's rig

Wireless:

- Sister's rig

- My rig

- Brother's rig

- Brothers work (1) laptop

- Brothers work (2) laptop

- Brothers download laptop

Yes he has too many laptops

- Hopefully my laptop in about a week

 

[BloomerzUK]

Virgin Media @ 20Meg

Linksys WRT54GR Wireless Router w/ 4 Port 10/100 Switch

Gaming Computer (Wired)

Mum's Computer (Wired)

Xbox 360 (Wired)

Laptop (Wireless)

iPod Touch (Wireless)

Nokia N81 (Wireless)

 

[Brooksie]

Sky Max 16MB (Although we only get like 6.1MB/s)#

Sagem F@ST 2504 (Sky wireless router)

Linksys WRT54G

Dads PC - wired

My PC - wireless

Brothers PC - wireless

Brothers laptop - wireless

My 360 - wireless

Dads PS3 - wireless

 

[nunzio]

BeThere 24meg (only get 4mbps down, but 1.2mbps up)

Cisco 857w Router (only a 11mbps wifi)

Cisco 2924XL Switch

Gaming PC - Switch

Office PC - Switch

Server 1 Windows 2003R3 - Switch

Server 2 RHEL5 - Switch

Wifes Laptop - WiFi

Work Laptop - WiFi

Wii - WiFi

 

[JN]

IDNet 8MB Business Service

|_ RT1 - Billion Gigabit / Wireless N Router

|__ FS1 - Q6600 / 4GB / 1TB Raid1 / Win 2008 Server / Gigabit LAN

|____ PC1 - My main rig (specs change daily) / Gigabit LAN

|____ PC2 - Low-end rig hooked up to PSU testing equipment

|____ PC3 - Bench rig (specs change daily) / Wireles N USB dongle.

|____ LT1 - My laptop / Wireless N

|____ LT2 - Missus laptop / Wireless G

 

[FleX.overclock3d]

Virgin Media 10Mb Cable Modem

DLink DIR-655 Xtreme 802.11N 4 Port Gigabit Router 300Mbps

Apple iMac (Via Ethernet to Router)

Apple Macbook (Via Wireless N)

Windows 7 PC (Via Ethernet to Router)

Xbox 360 Elite (Via Wireless G Network Adapter )

PlayStation 3 (Via Wireless G)

Samsung NC10 Netbook (Via Wireless G)

Dell XPS m1330 notebook (Via Wireless G)

Blackberry Curve 8900 (Via WiFi)

then you have my friends Laptop that he may bring along with his iphone and my other friend somethings brings his laptop lol.

 

[Rastalovich]

Botch I have going atm:

Virgin (I claim to be) 20mb

|_WRT54G wireless modem router + Netgear 1G 5x switch

Game PC (cat) (x9650)

Media PC (cat) (Q6600)

Internet/Work Apple (cat) (Q9400)

D/L PC (cat) (Q6700)

HP Laptop (wireless) (Turionx2)

Family PC (wireless) (AMD K7)

iPhone (wireless) (no idea)

 

[PV5150]

* Optus ADSL2+ 20Mbps connection

* Netgear DG834GSP ADSL2+ router

* Synology DS207+ NAS (RAID 0)

* AquAus via ethernet

* Boys computer - wireless

* Daughter's computer - wireless

* Missus's laptop - wireless

* Dell Axim X51 - wireless

 

[Diablo]

At home:

8Mb Force9 (i.e. 2Mb in the sticks)

Whatever unreliable BT router: Mum's Laptop

1Gbps Switch: (TP Link) My PC, Mum's PC, EEEPC, Pico ITX (server)

1Gbps Switch (Netgear): Dad's PC, Linux Box

100Mbps Switch: PS3, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 (EEEPC sometimes)

Wireless: PSP

At College, there is a strict 1 machine per socket...hence my room has:

100Mbps Internet (yeah)

PC

Second network (off second network socket on pc)

Gbps TP Link Router:

EEEpc

Pico ITX

The things we do for network security and filesharing between pcs.

On the plus side, itunes always picks up about 20 libraries so if you ever get bored of your own music...

 

[nathan]

At home:

8Mb Force9 (i.e. 2Mb in the sticks)

Whatever unreliable BT router: Mum's Laptop

1Gbps Switch: (TP Link) My PC, Mum's PC, EEEPC, Pico ITX (server)

1Gbps Switch (Netgear): Dad's PC, Linux Box

100Mbps Switch: PS3, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 (EEEPC sometimes)

Wireless: PSP

At College, there is a strict 1 machine per socket...hence my room has:

100Mbps Internet (yeah)

PC

Second network (off second network socket on pc)

Gbps TP Link Router:

EEEpc

Pico ITX

The things we do for network security and filesharing between pcs.

On the plus side, itunes always picks up about 20 libraries so if you ever get bored of your own music...

lol

 

[nathan]

Virgin Cable TV, phone & net 10Mb package

NETGEAR WGR614 Wireless-G Cable/DSL Router

My main PC on wired (Vista Ult 64)

Daughters rig on w/less (Vista HP)

HTPC (Vista HP) and Wii in lounge both w/less

2 workstations (both XP Pro) 1x wired/1 w/less in garage with old server (server 2003) wired to router

I also have my N95 on w/less when I use it at home for VOIP calls

Vonage VOIP adaptor wired

My daughters and my laptops on w/less

I am looking at changing my network config and using some powerline adaptors, how do you rate them Nathan? I have installed a few for clients but never got around to trying them out at home.

I rate them pretty high. Suppose it depends more on your power cables through you house as to if they will work correctly. I get full 100mb speeds throughout the house without any ugly wires and no wireless drop outs. Its honestly been as stable as having cat5 running throughout the house. You will never get them to go quicker than 100mb though as the lan side of them is only 100mb.

Best bet is to buy some with a good rep for returns and test them.