[Rack] Current network setup? Network wiki page?

[Patrick O'Doherty]

There are cable drops around the space, in the classrooms and then in
the new AV booth.

The plan is to have small unmanaged switches in the classrooms to
provide more wired connectivity.

Where else do we need drops in the space? Last I checked there's still
quite a bit of CAT5 left. Running more isn't that hard given the setup
we gave with bridle rings along the ceiling.

P

On 8/11/14, 3:34 PM, Kevin wrote:
> Rubin and others,  thank you for all of the effort you're pouring into the network. My request is for a couple dedicated cable drops for Noisebridge workstations. I am happy to help with setup and maintenance. 
>
> We could install wifi cards in the desktops, but my concern is that they will be reappropreated quickly.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
> On August 11, 2014 3:20:24 PM PDT, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>> Not sure if I'll be around. The current network is in a working state,
>> so I suggest we meed up when Casey returns from his Minnesotan
>> sabbatical.
>>
>> Changes to network proposal:
>>
>> * The priority is internet -> wifi, not the ethernet network.
>> * Split the network into two physical zones, Crucial and Voluntary.
>> * Crucial involves everything to get internet from our uplinks to the
>> wifi access points plus minotaur, and get locked into a shelf high up
>> in
>> the networking closet with a combo lock on it.
>> * Simplify Crucial to the least number of moving parts to make it as
>> reliable as possible.
>> * Setup minotaur to do actual monitoring and have it be able to spit
>> out
>> some non-technical-human-readable health status dashboard on a
>> display.
>> * Voluntary is a single ethernet line coming down from Crucial.
>> * Keep Voluntary as simple as possible, no managed switches, no space
>> to
>> put a server, none of that.
>> * Mount a large non-managed switch (and the patch panel) to the wall
>> under the shelf. Remove and re-purpose Susan.
>> * If people want to randomly plug things into the switch, it's not
>> managed, we don't care.
>> * Not providing any place to have servers get installed. People will
>> still dump shit there and plug in, but if the space isn't there they
>> wont last as long. Especially if all the power outlets are inside the
>> locked shelf.
>>
>> I think we should work towards figuring out a means for others to be
>> able to setup server like machines in the space, however we currently
>> (and never really before) had any good ways of facilitating that and
>> also having good lines of communication back to those who did. We
>> could
>> setup another "lockable" shelf under the Crucial one, with its own
>> shelf
>> and its own combo lock (and own code) to allow people to use once
>> they've popped onto Rack with a request to setup a system. And also
>> make
>> that shelf small so that only low power embedded machines can get
>> installed.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> -- 
>> Rubin
>> rubin at starset.net
>>
>>
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