Greenside Network
What's the new normal for home networks? I'm thinking even a modestly outfitted home has at least one PC and probably a laptop. Throw in a DVR and the rush is on.
Here's my network. Click the image to get a better view.
My ISP is Comcast Business. The firewall router is a Tomato-based Linksys router. It has a a WPA-protected wireless access point.
A Vonage VoIP adaptor is connected directly to the router which in turn is connected to a 2.4GHz wireless phone base station. We have 5 phones scattered around the house.
The first Gig-bit switch connects everything else around the house. In the office are two desktops and a laptop, a copier/scanner/printer, Windows Home Server and a VirtualBox Server. There are 3 virtual machines, one acts as our personal blog web server (www.forestplay.us), one is an mySQL server and one is a media download device.
A CAT5 cable runs down to the basement where the TV room is located. There sits a Series 2 TiVo, a TiVo Premiere and an AppleTV generation 1 running XBMC. All of these connect to our LG HDTV. There's also another Linksys router configured as a switch and a wireless access point for when I bring the laptop downstairs. It's not able to connect well the the access point two floors above in the office.
Is this the new normal?
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