For someone who doesn't do this professionally, you did quite well. I echo the comments on buying patch cables rather than making them. Primarily thing you need to do is add strain relief to the back side of your patch panel.
Thanks Mike. There's been many firsts for me finishing off this basment. This was one lol. If you elaborate, what exactly is strain relief? I assume with the connected CAT cables, but they were routed and secured into place. Is there something else I should have done? Thanks man
@@LifeofBliss You'll want to use zip ties or velcro to put pressure on the cables against the patch panel. It's really easy to pull a cable out of a patch panel so this helps keep the cables from coming out when you need to perform maintenance on the panel in the future. So how in the image below the cables (top left) are zip tied to the metal so if they get yanked on it won't put any pressure on the punch down part? That's what I'm referring to. uk.rs-online.com/web/p/rj-patch-panels/5123057/
Oh I gotcha. They are in those cable management plastic clips behind the panel and all the cables are velcro'd to the side of the rack in 3 places. Right next to the patch panel, halfway towards the back, and right before going out the top. Thinking that should be good
Nice build. Here's some thoughts, and ways I would do it differently. I would use a modular patch panel instead of punch down. This way you can move things around in the future. You wouldn't think so, but you always come up with ways to re-organize and make cable routing more efficient. Also way easier to add more structured cables later. Doing that with punch down is a pain. The boots you installed to your terminated RJ-45 patch cables, they tend to cause the RJ-45 latches to be slightly depressed, which makes them not snap in fully, or least not a strong snap. So when you are working on the rack, they can become disconnected. I've had this problem before. Better boots are called "finger boots", they are hard to find. I had to buy mine from ali express. Also, I like to the split the patch panel, and use two separate 24 port 1U panels, and put the switch in the middle. Makes routing the patch cables easier and less confusing. Top row of the switch ports goes to the patch panel on top, and the bottom row goes to the bottom panel.
It's a wonder that life of bliss didn't have linus show up :D. Sorry if I don't know life of bliss's real name, I just happened to come across this one video suddenly.
Wow, that's beautifully done! Only things I would've done different: Two 24 port patch panels for keystones, to add (not only networking) cables easier if needed. The switch would've gone between the two patch panels to have an even cleaner look without cables laying on top of each other.
So nice that you have all that room downstairs, nicely done, loved your video. I stole your idea to add a keystone jack connected to the router to make it nice and tidy.
awesome job,. One of the neats jobs for rack installation and I love the part about almost dropping it, makes it authentic, and shows others that this can happen. Tip: Add an APC UPS or a certified UPS for backup power failure👍👌
I have been working in 2nd level IT support for a couple of months. Never did it before. So, I need to learn a lot. Only my computer affinity urged me to do it. Each of out PoS have such a rack. Your video helped me a lot. :-)
Excellent video, I have watched many UA-cam’s to figure out how I will do my install. One of the things that should have been done 1st is to mount 3/4 inch plywood to the concrete wall before installation of your other equipment. This give you greater flexibility to mount your inclosure exactly or move it around in the future. The plywood also provides a mounting location for equipment that can’t be mounted to the rack inside the enclosure such as modems, splitters, surge strips and etc.
Thanks Edwin. I thought about throwing some plywood up... Will have to go back and add some if need be later, but everything fits so far! Good luck with your setup man
Little tip for when I have a bunch of patch cables to do...Use that 1” of removed shielding and slide/twist between each twisted pair. My fingers thank me every time. Very solid clean build!
TIP: When punching down the cables to the panel it is good practice to keep the pairs twisted right up to the punch down block to avoid an signal degradation or crosstalk between pairs. What you did is probably OK for 10/100 Ethernet, but is likely going to cause some data loss at 1Gbps.
Thanks guy. This way my first experience really doing any sort of network wiring. I have not noticed any sort of connection of speed issues that I can see, but I have learned a lot since putting up this video from others. I appreciate the advice sir
Great job man! That color scheme; orange, black, and concrete; totally reminds me of Half-Life 1. You definitely need a shallow depth UPS for data and electrical protection. Keep building! 👍🏼
Thanks! Yea I need to look into getting a few of those... surge protectors do a decent job but not the best. And Half-Life... man it's been a few years since I played that! HL2 was one of my favorite games as well. I like orange if you couldn't tell haha. Thinking of doing a few videos on how some older system games look on the 126" projector (N64, Sega) lol
This install was NEAT and professionally done!!! Keep up the great work bro! I’d recommend adding an UPS to it, especially if you plan on adding a NVR.
Thank you sir! Yea upgrades will be needed when I start adding onto it. Probably next year after I get some other projects done that is taking up funds
Good job thanks. You really should use the pull string in the cat 6 cable and pull it down to the correct length. Cable cutters can nick the wire which will cause a fault later.
I added an Eaton 5S UPS to Telcom cabinet. I put in a thermal control switch for the fans. I also installed an Intel NUC that runs UPS monitoring software as I will eventually configure this with a virtual machine running Linux and run PRTG for full network monitoring. I installed a small LCD screen attached to the glass door on the inside facing out so I can monitor UPS and network status. so that power events would be documented and recorded.
What you could do is use a pair of 120mm computer 12V fans like i did, and wire up an old cheap 12V wal-wart adapter. Those Noctua fans work wicked and silent!
One thing I'd like to add is if you're ever planning on using wifi or having someone over to use wifi. i would buy like an 8 port POE switch ( on ebay for like 30 bucks) and buy POE access points ( tp-link has a few for like 20/each) that way you have better coverage across the house, and not just in the basement. Overall, great build with a lot of room to upgrade in!
Hey man, neat little setup. Glad the thing has two fans. A lot of people don't bother and shove their modem somewhere without zero air flow. Those things can get INSANELY hot and cause uncorrectable errors and stability issues, even with lower end service; people forget they have a SoC like any other device. Although basements tend to be cooler than the rest of the house regardless.
When making all those patch cables, there is no need to trim. Just line up your wires in the connecter and shove it all the way in. Let the wires stick out and the crimper tool should trim them. Much easier and nice looking ends.
I feel like every new home, apartment, condo and office building should all come outfitted with a basic networking setup like this. Just like when wire is ran for power when building a house, they should also be running CAT 6/7 cable with it now as well. EDIT: Thanks Life of Bliss! Glad you seem to agree as well. Excellent video though. Honestly people, pay attention to this video. This is the most basic but easily manageable setups you can do and best of all it's easily scale-able. Literally add another switch, a NAS, Domain Controller and secondary DNS and you got yourself an easy small business/home network that will be the envy of your neighbors :)
Thanks man. Yea this is pretty basic at this point, but you are right, very easy to add on later. I'll do some things down the road when I'm done spending money on other things haha, but I've been very happy with the setup so far!
Just found your channel while searching for some media racks. Looking for something to set up all my gaming systems in one place. I watched your 25u video first and then came to this one. This unit might just be big enough for all my systems and it's exactly what I'm looking for to reduce dust all over them. *subbed too*
@@LifeofBliss cool thanks. we have a good sized apparently but the living room is shoebox and the entrance door goes right into it. so i want to mount our TV next to the closet that has folding doors. then when i need to get into said closet i move it to the right. then i want a cabinet right below that. will open up more space since we have this large rolling IKEA stand now
I like the PVC to protect the wires. And great cable management. I like that you made your patch cables its very satisfying to do the work. Buying the cables would be easier but I like doing things myself. Good job for not being a network professional. I have my degree in Networking and let me tell you did a great job! Thumbs up!
Thank you! It was definitely a learning process for me, but really happy with the way it turned out. And that means a lot coming from a professional such as yourself! Have a good weekend man
I wish I had that much space fir my network setup!!! I can tell you right now, that rack is to small!!! You want room to grow. That rack should be double the size as you have lots of room!!! I’m also not a fan of those patch panels. If you have a port that fails, you can’t just remove it. It’s s hassle to move the wire to another slot if it’s under a bunch of the other cables layered over the top. What I did is get 2 cable Matters keystone patch panels. Then all you have to do is easily install the keystones onto all your cables, and then snap them into place. You can have like rooms grouped together. You can even use different color keystones and have red for this and black for that and yellow for something else. The ports not being used, you can just pop in some blanks into the spaces. Looks really nice. If a keystone goes bad or you want to change wire position, you can pop it back out. For the cables going to the modem, etc, you plug them into keystone passthrough. These snap in also with a RJ-45 port on each side. So plug the router cable into the back to hide it, and then a patch cable on the front to the switch. I got a bundle of pre-made Cat6 Patch cables of like 12” in length. I have a 48 port switch myself. I’m now working on my own Security Camera setup with a NVR which is being mounted in my garage in a lock box mounted up high on the wall. That part I’ve finished. Need to mount my 13.3” monitor which is just under 1/2” thick to the back of the lock box. The front panel swings down. The NVR mounts to that door on the inside really nice. Then swing the door back up and can then lock it up. I need to mount the monitor tonight when I get home, then in the days to come, start mounting the cameras. It’s a PoE system. The only way to go and it’s a 5MP system which is better then 1080p. If you’re going to have cameras, they better be able to see the person clearly and not some blurry image. My network setup is in a small closet in about the middle of my house mounted up high so you can still hang jackets under it. I’m using a 1U UPS to power everything. I would have liked a larger UPS, but I’m limited in space. I’ve would have liked to have used a larger rack than the 12U one I’m currently using. But it was a big upgrade from the 2 wood shelf’s I had been using before. One thing I recommend is a good Ethernet cable tester. I have a Fluke myself. I did find a couple booboo’s I did. Sometimes you’re eyes get crossed as your punching wires and ops. I tested as I went. Another nice thing to do, label all your ports!!!! My keystones are labeled on each end. I know exactly what is what. If there’s a issue in the future, I know exactly where to go. When you run a lot of ethernet cables, it’s a big plus.
JB Dragon Patch panels are enterprise grade and are not failure points. The only time that there is an issue with one is when they are incorrectly installed which is also the case with keystones. I don’t think I have ever seen a keystone panel in a datacenter but I have definitely seen patches.
PLEX is a great movie server to use to stream your movies. It can be streamed in-house or remotely on laptops and other devices. I like to watch our movies in the hotel rooms when we travel by using a laptop with an HDMI cable to the room's TV. better than Netflix. I am in the middle of building an 8x16 server room at the house to put all of the net gear. The closet has come to be too small now. Great video.
@@LifeofBliss Even the free Plex is great to have. It gives local and remote access to videos. I will also be running a WISP. I am filming the process day to day of putting the room together so videos will be posted on our channel.
Should also look if the server/router has the ability to power over lan/ether aswell. It might seem not important but you never know if you want or need it until time comes
I would like to have something similar to the network cabinet rack, but something that kind of blends in with furniture. Hopefully that makes sense. I'm living with my parents right now and would like to have something that doesn't look too geeky. My parents don't really mind the "controlled mess" I have, but I would like to tidy it up. Does any one have any suggestions? Casters would be an added bonus, but not crucial. Thanks. I would really appreciate any suggestions.
You will find that using cable comb makes the wires a LOT neater before you punch them down. They sort of look like a twisted mess because you are trying to organise them from the wrong end. Also (and since you have 48 port switch) going 24 port patch panel, switch and 24 port patch panel makes the cabling a lot nicer to look at. This would obviously not work with the patch panels you have but just a thought.
Navpoint is a solid product and a great value IMO..I used the very same rack at my buddy's lake house / install.... In all these installs however I do make a cheat sheet / list and laminate it of all the port # to what equipment or room they go to....
I have a cheat sheet I made up as well. Love navepoint. I'm working with Navepoint on a new product for home theater applications as well 😉 coming out soon
Very good , thank you . But I think you should put a mark on cable to show it's number . When any problems happend you will know which cable you should test
@@LifeofBliss It was worth it. Perhaps you could have removed the side panels and door to lighten the load when lifting it yourself. But yes for bulky lifts, get a friend to help out.
Nice job, my only criticism (constructive) is to buy a rack mounted router. Microtik makes a nice one. They make for a cleaner install. Still searching for a rack mountable cable modem. Also making your own patch cables is amatuer. You almost lose money making your own if you factor labor.
Yea many have said similar about the patch cables... I have learned a lot since posting this video just from the comments. This was my first real dive into networking. Upgrades will be coming in the future and I will definitely look into a rack mount router. Thanks!
For more ideas watch UA-camr FiberNinja’s small office videos which show a ton of forethought and experience building just these types of setups. Definitely buy cables and a simple UPS unless you like your internet going out for a couple minutes every brownout. I also prefer his method of keystone patch panels with large service loops behind.
You should get two 24 ports panel instead of one 48 port panel so you can put 24 on the top and 24 on the bottom, and then your 6in homemade cables will look more clean.
my suggestion is when you done will a lot of cat cables, go get a cat 5/6 cable tester, many cables will work if you missed 2 out of 8 copper wires, but if you do POE+ those cables will not work. it requires all 8 of them to pass through data and power. it is just my opinion. host did a very neat and clean job on the tutorial.
can you help me i wired up my room in the house with cat 5 cable. if i plug the ports in my room in my htpc running win 10 connected to my router with a patch lead shows a yellow triangle above the Ethernet logo but if i unplug the ports in my room my htpc connected gets internet. If i unplug my bedroom ports and power the htpc on then plug my room ports in the connection on the htpc still works, Im really confused.
Is your htpc running off of Wi-Fi when unplugged? You may have a bad connection in the one area. A cheap tester would let you know pretty quickly. If you are having any sort of connection issues like that, a line tester is almost necessary to figure out where the connection is being broken
@@drbass9677 not really sure wut u are asking , may I ask are you using hub instead of a switch ? since u still use cat5 I have to ask. if it is cat5e, it may still run speed up to 1GB/s, a hub can have many ports , but only one port will transmit data at a time, and also check for duplicated IP addresses, go to computer ethernet card configuration, to set a different ip or auto receive ip which is called DHCP. last check the cable , go amazon buy a very cheap cable tester, about 15$ test the cable, inside your ethernet cable, there are 8 cooper wires, maybe 3 or more got miswired or damaged. hope this help.
How deep and what bit did you drill your concrete anchors? And what size of bolt? Can you please link to what you used? Is Tapcon better? About to tackle this and nervous about drilling too deep through my poured concrete foundation.
I'm not sure, but that kinda seems like overkill for internet for the house. I hope he built it for expansion to include whole home audio, NAS, etc... otherwise I think that maybe overkill for the current set up... Really good work on all of the cabling, cable management and design.. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Brian. I have plans to add a server and security cameras to the setup for now, but yes it was complete overkill. Better to have extra than not enough. I started with an open basement so figured why not, didn't cost me much
Or run something open-source like PFSense! Sonicwall is junk (I know because that is what my company uses). The higher end Cisco routers are nice, but locked down like licensing. Unifi is a bit too limited for me (though their WAP's are fantastic).
Looks good man. I would've just placed the cabinet on top of the 4ft ladder, would pretty much be level right there and also take weight off so you can mount it haha
For someone who doesn't do this professionally, you did quite well. I echo the comments on buying patch cables rather than making them.
Primarily thing you need to do is add strain relief to the back side of your patch panel.
Thanks Mike. There's been many firsts for me finishing off this basment. This was one lol. If you elaborate, what exactly is strain relief? I assume with the connected CAT cables, but they were routed and secured into place. Is there something else I should have done? Thanks man
@@LifeofBliss You'll want to use zip ties or velcro to put pressure on the cables against the patch panel.
It's really easy to pull a cable out of a patch panel so this helps keep the cables from coming out when you need to perform maintenance on the panel in the future.
So how in the image below the cables (top left) are zip tied to the metal so if they get yanked on it won't put any pressure on the punch down part? That's what I'm referring to. uk.rs-online.com/web/p/rj-patch-panels/5123057/
Oh I gotcha. They are in those cable management plastic clips behind the panel and all the cables are velcro'd to the side of the rack in 3 places. Right next to the patch panel, halfway towards the back, and right before going out the top. Thinking that should be good
@@LifeofBliss you should check out the channel fibreninja
@@LifeofBliss Sounds good, i would only use Velcro ties with Cat6 as cable ties can destroy cable integrity with Cat6
Nice build. Here's some thoughts, and ways I would do it differently. I would use a modular patch panel instead of punch down. This way you can move things around in the future. You wouldn't think so, but you always come up with ways to re-organize and make cable routing more efficient. Also way easier to add more structured cables later. Doing that with punch down is a pain. The boots you installed to your terminated RJ-45 patch cables, they tend to cause the RJ-45 latches to be slightly depressed, which makes them not snap in fully, or least not a strong snap. So when you are working on the rack, they can become disconnected. I've had this problem before. Better boots are called "finger boots", they are hard to find. I had to buy mine from ali express. Also, I like to the split the patch panel, and use two separate 24 port 1U panels, and put the switch in the middle. Makes routing the patch cables easier and less confusing. Top row of the switch ports goes to the patch panel on top, and the bottom row goes to the bottom panel.
One of the cleanest installs I've seen.
3:08 Does he qualify to work with Linus?
Funny fact: This joke is funny only for about 0,24% of human kind. Fact that You hit with it 12 persons proof that YT alghoritms works :)
"It's fine"
actuallly thats linus inspired
Nice video.
It's a wonder that life of bliss didn't have linus show up :D. Sorry if I don't know life of bliss's real name, I just happened to come across this one video suddenly.
0:45 nice touch on the chimney to match the finish of the kitchen island
LMAO!!! Wife walks in with baby monitor... multitasker! Loved it.
3:08 LOOOOL!! havent seen that coming!
Great tactic to punch down and flip the panel over! The video was worth the watch just for that.
Excellent work! Cheers.
Damn dude, you're huge. Hercules with the server knowledge.
💪🏼🤓
You need a UniFi Rack Mount Router and some access points next
Wow, that's beautifully done!
Only things I would've done different: Two 24 port patch panels for keystones, to add (not only networking) cables easier if needed. The switch would've gone between the two patch panels to have an even cleaner look without cables laying on top of each other.
My OCD kicked in at 8:05 when I saw the front door NavePoint logo upside down! Other than that (lol), great video!
Yea the panel is reversible, but makes the logo backwards lol... thanks man!
So nice that you have all that room downstairs, nicely done, loved your video. I stole your idea to add a keystone jack connected to the router to make it nice and tidy.
awesome job,. One of the neats jobs for rack installation and I love the part about almost dropping it, makes it authentic, and shows others that this can happen. Tip: Add an APC UPS or a certified UPS for backup power failure👍👌
I have been working in 2nd level IT support for a couple of months. Never did it before. So, I need to learn a lot. Only my computer affinity urged me to do it.
Each of out PoS have such a rack. Your video helped me a lot. :-)
Hey, Great Video!
Tip: Use cables with flex cores as patch cables. Else they might not work.
This helped me so much in pointing me in the right direction. Thank you!
Great job! Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Excellent video, I have watched many UA-cam’s to figure out how I will do my install. One of the things that should have been done 1st is to mount 3/4 inch plywood to the concrete wall before installation of your other equipment. This give you greater flexibility to mount your inclosure exactly or move it around in the future. The plywood also provides a mounting location for equipment that can’t be mounted to the rack inside the enclosure such as modems, splitters, surge strips and etc.
Thanks Edwin. I thought about throwing some plywood up... Will have to go back and add some if need be later, but everything fits so far! Good luck with your setup man
@@LifeofBliss Why mount to the wall at all and not leave on the ground?
Floor space is precious. You rarely ever need to access or move this stuff once set up, so it's more out of the way on the wall
Great video. I’m going to set up my own home network and this was very informative.
Keep up the great work.
Little tip for when I have a bunch of patch cables to do...Use that 1” of removed shielding and slide/twist between each twisted pair. My fingers thank me every time. Very solid clean build!
Yea saw that trick a while back, its a great tip
Can you link me to a video showing this. Thanks
I use modular patch panels now much easier, and when there is a problem it is much easier to find and repair
TIP: When punching down the cables to the panel it is good practice to keep the pairs twisted right up to the punch down block to avoid an signal degradation or crosstalk between pairs. What you did is probably OK for 10/100 Ethernet, but is likely going to cause some data loss at 1Gbps.
Thanks guy. This way my first experience really doing any sort of network wiring. I have not noticed any sort of connection of speed issues that I can see, but I have learned a lot since putting up this video from others. I appreciate the advice sir
Great job man! That color scheme; orange, black, and concrete; totally reminds me of Half-Life 1. You definitely need a shallow depth UPS for data and electrical protection.
Keep building! 👍🏼
Thanks! Yea I need to look into getting a few of those... surge protectors do a decent job but not the best. And Half-Life... man it's been a few years since I played that! HL2 was one of my favorite games as well. I like orange if you couldn't tell haha. Thinking of doing a few videos on how some older system games look on the 126" projector (N64, Sega) lol
Good job. The orange cables with black boots look great!
Nice Job! I love the clean work. Grüße aus Germany 👍🏻
This install was NEAT and professionally done!!! Keep up the great work bro! I’d recommend adding an UPS to it, especially if you plan on adding a NVR.
Thank you sir! Yea upgrades will be needed when I start adding onto it. Probably next year after I get some other projects done that is taking up funds
Time consuming is an understatement!!! Awesome job!!! Looks great!
Just put together one of the 12U racks for the new house. You had excellent timing with your video.
Nice! NavePoint makes a pretty good product for the money huh? Got another one from them for my HT equipment I'll be posting about soon.
my first time of watching rack and you show me you're the best
Thanks. Gives me an idea how to get started. And yeah very clean install
Good job thanks. You really should use the pull string in the cat 6 cable and pull it down to the correct length. Cable cutters can nick the wire which will cause a fault later.
Bro that smedium shirt looking fly!
Simple and nice I can appreciate the work you did and enjoyed the video. Good job 😀
NIce and super organized work and It was fun to watch your video. Have a good holiday with your family.
Nice Job, although my OCD was freaking out when you hung the door upside down 🙂
I like you tutorial style and you discuss each task clearly and illustrate it well.
Appreciate it, hope it was helpful!
I added an Eaton 5S UPS to Telcom cabinet. I put in a thermal control switch for the fans. I also installed an Intel NUC that runs UPS monitoring software as I will eventually configure this with a virtual machine running Linux and run PRTG for full network monitoring. I installed a small LCD screen attached to the glass door on the inside facing out so I can monitor UPS and network status. so that power events would be documented and recorded.
Damn, went all out man! That sounds awesome. I'll definitely do a more intensive setup after we build our next home
@@LifeofBliss Take this time to learn SNMP and prtg. Those are the two elements of my monitoring solution
I'll have some time... thanks I'll check it out!
What you could do is use a pair of 120mm computer 12V fans like i did, and wire up an old cheap 12V wal-wart adapter. Those Noctua fans work wicked and silent!
Nice job but leave the twists in the pairs as close as you can to where they punch down next time.
One thing I'd like to add is if you're ever planning on using wifi or having someone over to use wifi. i would buy like an 8 port POE switch ( on ebay for like 30 bucks) and buy POE access points ( tp-link has a few for like 20/each) that way you have better coverage across the house, and not just in the basement. Overall, great build with a lot of room to upgrade in!
Thanks man, I'll probably add some access points down the road
Hey man, neat little setup. Glad the thing has two fans. A lot of people don't bother and shove their modem somewhere without zero air flow. Those things can get INSANELY hot and cause uncorrectable errors and stability issues, even with lower end service; people forget they have a SoC like any other device. Although basements tend to be cooler than the rest of the house regardless.
Yep, heat is the enemy of electronics! And since its in the back room, noise isn't an issue either.
love the wattbox
When making all those patch cables, there is no need to trim. Just line up your wires in the connecter and shove it all the way in. Let the wires stick out and the crimper tool should trim them. Much easier and nice looking ends.
I feel like every new home, apartment, condo and office building should all come outfitted with a basic networking setup like this. Just like when wire is ran for power when building a house, they should also be running CAT 6/7 cable with it now as well.
EDIT: Thanks Life of Bliss! Glad you seem to agree as well. Excellent video though. Honestly people, pay attention to this video. This is the most basic but easily manageable setups you can do and best of all it's easily scale-able. Literally add another switch, a NAS, Domain Controller and secondary DNS and you got yourself an easy small business/home network that will be the envy of your neighbors :)
Thanks man. Yea this is pretty basic at this point, but you are right, very easy to add on later. I'll do some things down the road when I'm done spending money on other things haha, but I've been very happy with the setup so far!
Just found your channel while searching for some media racks. Looking for something to set up all my gaming systems in one place. I watched your 25u video first and then came to this one. This unit might just be big enough for all my systems and it's exactly what I'm looking for to reduce dust all over them. *subbed too*
there's an 18u rack I believe as well. Pretty good product for the money
@@LifeofBliss cool thanks. we have a good sized apparently but the living room is shoebox and the entrance door goes right into it. so i want to mount our TV next to the closet that has folding doors. then when i need to get into said closet i move it to the right. then i want a cabinet right below that. will open up more space since we have this large rolling IKEA stand now
I like the PVC to protect the wires. And great cable management. I like that you made your patch cables its very satisfying to do the work. Buying the cables would be easier but I like doing things myself. Good job for not being a network professional. I have my degree in Networking and let me tell you did a great job! Thumbs up!
Thank you! It was definitely a learning process for me, but really happy with the way it turned out. And that means a lot coming from a professional such as yourself! Have a good weekend man
Well done...simple, good explanation. Setting up Navepoint 12U...learned from video and all the comments too!
Great video, the cables are really really neat. you should also add a nas, and UPS
Thanks man. Yea still some upgrades to come!
OMG!!!! I've tried to install computer networking equipment by myself too.... I can't stop laughing !!!! Thanks for posting !!!
Nice job. Great idea making your own custom size patch cords. 👏🏽 Can never seems to fine the exact length for this application.
I wish I had that much space fir my network setup!!! I can tell you right now, that rack is to small!!! You want room to grow. That rack should be double the size as you have lots of room!!!
I’m also not a fan of those patch panels. If you have a port that fails, you can’t just remove it. It’s s hassle to move the wire to another slot if it’s under a bunch of the other cables layered over the top.
What I did is get 2 cable Matters keystone patch panels. Then all you have to do is easily install the keystones onto all your cables, and then snap them into place. You can have like rooms grouped together. You can even use different color keystones and have red for this and black for that and yellow for something else. The ports not being used, you can just pop in some blanks into the spaces. Looks really nice. If a keystone goes bad or you want to change wire position, you can pop it back out.
For the cables going to the modem, etc, you plug them into keystone passthrough. These snap in also with a RJ-45 port on each side. So plug the router cable into the back to hide it, and then a patch cable on the front to the switch. I got a bundle of pre-made Cat6 Patch cables of like 12” in length. I have a 48 port switch myself.
I’m now working on my own Security Camera setup with a NVR which is being mounted in my garage in a lock box mounted up high on the wall. That part I’ve finished. Need to mount my 13.3” monitor which is just under 1/2” thick to the back of the lock box. The front panel swings down. The NVR mounts to that door on the inside really nice. Then swing the door back up and can then lock it up. I need to mount the monitor tonight when I get home, then in the days to come, start mounting the cameras. It’s a PoE system. The only way to go and it’s a 5MP system which is better then 1080p. If you’re going to have cameras, they better be able to see the person clearly and not some blurry image.
My network setup is in a small closet in about the middle of my house mounted up high so you can still hang jackets under it. I’m using a 1U UPS to power everything. I would have liked a larger UPS, but I’m limited in space. I’ve would have liked to have used a larger rack than the 12U one I’m currently using. But it was a big upgrade from the 2 wood shelf’s I had been using before. One thing I recommend is a good Ethernet cable tester. I have a Fluke myself. I did find a couple booboo’s I did. Sometimes you’re eyes get crossed as your punching wires and ops. I tested as I went. Another nice thing to do, label all your ports!!!! My keystones are labeled on each end. I know exactly what is what. If there’s a issue in the future, I know exactly where to go. When you run a lot of ethernet cables, it’s a big plus.
JB Dragon Patch panels are enterprise grade and are not failure points. The only time that there is an issue with one is when they are incorrectly installed which is also the case with keystones. I don’t think I have ever seen a keystone panel in a datacenter but I have definitely seen patches.
Great video, I like how you left the part in about almost dropping it haha makes it authentic. Subscribing now!
🤣🤣not everything goes as planned!
PLEX is a great movie server to use to stream your movies. It can be streamed in-house or remotely on laptops and other devices. I like to watch our movies in the hotel rooms when we travel by using a laptop with an HDMI cable to the room's TV. better than Netflix. I am in the middle of building an 8x16 server room at the house to put all of the net gear. The closet has come to be too small now. Great video.
Yea I need to get on board with Plex... and that's one hell of an equipment room!
@@LifeofBliss Even the free Plex is great to have. It gives local and remote access to videos. I will also be running a WISP. I am filming the process day to day of putting the room together so videos will be posted on our channel.
Sweet, I'llcheck out!
I am usin powerdvd by cyberlink since it supports the fire stick tv with an app
Should also look if the server/router has the ability to power over lan/ether aswell. It might seem not important but you never know if you want or need it until time comes
Superb job sir.
Looks very clean, good job!
Good work man.
I would like to have something similar to the network cabinet rack, but something that kind of blends in with furniture. Hopefully that makes sense. I'm living with my parents right now and would like to have something that doesn't look too geeky. My parents don't really mind the "controlled mess" I have, but I would like to tidy it up. Does any one have any suggestions? Casters would be an added bonus, but not crucial. Thanks. I would really appreciate any suggestions.
This unit came with casters if you didn't want to mount it on the wall. No getting around it not looking like an equipment rack though
You will find that using cable comb makes the wires a LOT neater before you punch them down. They sort of look like a twisted mess because you are trying to organise them from the wrong end. Also (and since you have 48 port switch) going 24 port patch panel, switch and 24 port patch panel makes the cabling a lot nicer to look at. This would obviously not work with the patch panels you have but just a thought.
Awesome build!
I always use the crimping rj45 plugs with insertion rail. Much more easy, speedy and secure.
Nice 👍 I love videos like this as it gives me ideas on what to do with my home network/AV setup.
There's definitely a ton of options out there... glad it helped!
Navpoint is a solid product and a great value IMO..I used the very same rack at my buddy's lake house / install.... In all these installs however I do make a cheat sheet / list and laminate it of all the port # to what equipment or room they go to....
I have a cheat sheet I made up as well. Love navepoint. I'm working with Navepoint on a new product for home theater applications as well 😉 coming out soon
Very good , thank you .
But I think you should put a mark on cable to show it's number .
When any problems happend you will know which cable you should test
nice work man
Looks great! The ONLY thing that would bother me is that the rack is mounted upside down.
Thanks Jeffrey. The rack is actaully mounted correctly, but the glass door was better opening the opposite direction, so the logo is upside down.
😂that pro tip had me cracking up.
😂 Shit happens! Thought it was funny so left it in haha
@@LifeofBliss It was worth it. Perhaps you could have removed the side panels and door to lighten the load when lifting it yourself. But yes for bulky lifts, get a friend to help out.
Loved the pro tip. Haha been there myself on many occasions:)
Lol happens to us all! Just glad the glass didn't break
Nice job, my only criticism (constructive) is to buy a rack mounted router. Microtik makes a nice one. They make for a cleaner install. Still searching for a rack mountable cable modem. Also making your own patch cables is amatuer. You almost lose money making your own if you factor labor.
Yea many have said similar about the patch cables... I have learned a lot since posting this video just from the comments. This was my first real dive into networking. Upgrades will be coming in the future and I will definitely look into a rack mount router. Thanks!
062221/2244h PST USA 🇺🇸. That was a fantastic Network assembly for your home. My total admiration. Thank you. Take care and be safe. 73s…
Nice job
What a tidy work. Keep up mate ✌️
For more ideas watch UA-camr FiberNinja’s small office videos which show a ton of forethought and experience building just these types of setups.
Definitely buy cables and a simple UPS unless you like your internet going out for a couple minutes every brownout. I also prefer his method of keystone patch panels with large service loops behind.
Yea others have suggested him. I'll review his videos this week. Thanks Peter
Nice, clean install.
Nice job 👌
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing!
You should get two 24 ports panel instead of one 48 port panel so you can put 24 on the top and 24 on the bottom, and then your 6in homemade cables will look more clean.
Nice video, great starters guide and very concise and simple to understand!
Thankyou very much
Great job. Great video!
good work
my suggestion is when you done will a lot of cat cables, go get a cat 5/6 cable tester, many cables will work if you missed 2 out of 8 copper wires, but if you do POE+ those cables will not work. it requires all 8 of them to pass through data and power. it is just my opinion. host did a very neat and clean job on the tutorial.
Thanks! Yea I'll be getting one eventually just to see if there are any bad connections. Interested to see, but so far so good!
can you help me i wired up my room in the house with cat 5 cable. if i plug the ports in my room in my htpc running win 10 connected to my router with a patch lead shows a yellow triangle above the Ethernet logo but if i unplug the ports in my room my htpc connected gets internet. If i unplug my bedroom ports and power the htpc on then plug my room ports in the connection on the htpc still works, Im really confused.
Is your htpc running off of Wi-Fi when unplugged? You may have a bad connection in the one area. A cheap tester would let you know pretty quickly. If you are having any sort of connection issues like that, a line tester is almost necessary to figure out where the connection is being broken
@@drbass9677 not really sure wut u are asking , may I ask are you using hub instead of a switch ? since u still use cat5 I have to ask. if it is cat5e, it may still run speed up to 1GB/s, a hub can have many ports , but only one port will transmit data at a time, and also check for duplicated IP addresses, go to computer ethernet card configuration, to set a different ip or auto receive ip which is called DHCP. last check the cable , go amazon buy a very cheap cable tester, about 15$ test the cable, inside your ethernet cable, there are 8 cooper wires, maybe 3 or more got miswired or damaged. hope this help.
Life of Bliss no my htpc is patched into our main router
Great work and great video!
Nicely done Kyle!
How deep and what bit did you drill your concrete anchors? And what size of bolt? Can you please link to what you used? Is Tapcon better? About to tackle this and nervous about drilling too deep through my poured concrete foundation.
Good job. Neat.
It's a beautiful thing.
Thank you sir.
Swap the fans with Noctua silent fans, and keep them flowing. Never tolerate noisy fan whirl!
Great job as usual Kyle!
Thanks man! Get those speakers done so I can come listen soon!!
also throw some ubiquiti access points around your house for the wifi
I'm not sure, but that kinda seems like overkill for internet for the house. I hope he built it for expansion to include whole home audio, NAS, etc... otherwise I think that maybe overkill for the current set up... Really good work on all of the cabling, cable management and design.. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Brian. I have plans to add a server and security cameras to the setup for now, but yes it was complete overkill. Better to have extra than not enough. I started with an open basement so figured why not, didn't cost me much
really like that watt box, nice setup.
also orange was a good color choice :)
Thanks man, it was a good find. And orange is definitely underrated 😉
Why is the wireless router inside the rack? That'd effect the wireless signal. Nevertheless, pretty clean looking setup.
Well done, I do not have OCD buy wish I did! Lol
Now to for enterprise routers like Sonicwall, Cisco, or Ubiquiti USG; and awesome WAPs
Or run something open-source like PFSense!
Sonicwall is junk (I know because that is what my company uses). The higher end Cisco routers are nice, but locked down like licensing. Unifi is a bit too limited for me (though their WAP's are fantastic).
2x 1U patch panels above and below the switch would have made for a cleaner look imo
You should add in short extension cord for those big fat bricks to clear more space to plug other things in
Agreed. I'll have to do something like that down the road when I start adding some other things. Thanks man
Great job!
nice clean job well done
Looks good man. I would've just placed the cabinet on top of the 4ft ladder, would pretty much be level right there and also take weight off so you can mount it haha
Not a bad idea... wouldn't have made as good of video though 😅
@@LifeofBliss so true!
Great job man.