Tour of My Home Network

This is the much requested Tour of My Home Network. I tour starting at the demarcation point where the fiber enters the home, my network closet, my office office, wireless networking, security, and other neat things about my home network! Follow along and let me know in the comments how you did your network!
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26 Port Managed Netgear Distribution Switch: amzn.to/2sABHQi
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Synology NVR 216: amzn.to/2uEACU9
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Synology RS2416+ NAS: amzn.to/2uEiNVt
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Rosewill 12U 19 Inch Desktop Rack: amzn.to/2ujzzJU
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[@rudde7251]

This one of the first "home network tours" I've been on youtube that has really impressed me! Amazing work dude!

[@joelmaya2000]

I'm going to school for a bachelor in computer science and I have to say your system has everything I'm learning about. Hubs to switches, servers, etc.... Pretty cool. It will be cool to build that one day for my future home.

[@NecroMorrius]

Infrastructure engineer here. This is madness. I run a mesh network (nethear orbi) and can stream uncompressed 4K hdr 5.1 Blu-ray from one side of the house to the other. This looks like the kind of mad setup one of my mechanical engineers would come up with. I run a Switch/Xbox/PS4/shield downstairs, gaming pc and synology nas upstairs. Blisteringly fast and completely out of sight.

[@tonanornottonull7132]

Great use of space. Definitely liked how you're controlling the air in your closet -- I run into too many installs where airflow management is basically non-existent.

[@ferky123]

the Fiber Ninja would have a few things to say about your network setup.

[@scwfan08]

Alan Ferkinhoff 😂

[@Noams_chess_school]

yes he would I love his Channel

[@cystonks5374]

So sad that he stopped uploading...

[@bicey100]

Wow! Im truly envious of your home network set up! One day....one day....

[@fordsrmaster]

That is a huge amount of tech for a home. Looks like you put a lot of time and effort into it. :-)

[@allancross9680]

I like how you keep security between devices. It is way more advanced than I would go but that is just me. I'm impressed.

[@TheGeekPub]

My main desire was to keep equipment that has external Ethernet from getting on my home network. Someone tapping into a camera's port for example.

[@unknownoops2108]

your electricity bill must be madness

[@vision8579]

That is exactly what I was thinking.

[@TheGeekPub]

According to my UPSes the draw is about $10 a month. Nothing to worry about.

[@unknownoops2108]

TheGeekPub btw nice setup

[@andykr2253]

damn Americans! Cheap everything :/

[@Kelocyde]

Yeah, not believing that. What is the wattage of all your devices combined?

[@jacobreuter]

Thanks for all the helpful content! I shaped my home network based on you and your brother's setup.

[@MrNightpwner]

you're house is amazing, like real life version from the "Smart House" movie, but better. wish I was this smart. great house

[@TheGeekPub]

You are way too kind!

[@dmitrij34]

One question about separate camera network. You've said that it prevents someone from accessing your home network if they access camera network, however I remember reading somewhere that vlans aren't meant for security, they are used for logical device separation and performance improvements (due to lesser amount of CPU interrupts generated on ARPs and other broadcasts). So are they a good method of isolating networks from intruders? I'm learning networking right now, so sorry if my question sounds dumb.

[@lefteye129]

Дмитрий Ковалёв i am sure he will reply but VLANs are also used for security. I think he said that it will prevent access to camera network if someone gets in home network.. since they will be on separate VirtualLans, access from one network shouldnt mean data on other can be accessed... very nicely done

[@TheGeekPub]

You are correct. The VLANs are separated by my firewall.

[@BB-he9qo]

That sounds like a great video idea. With IOT devices making people nervous, a lot of us would benefit from knowing about VLAN's and setting them up, when to use them, when not to, why you use them to segment, hardware vs software? I'd definitely like to implement it, kind of hard getting a starting point..

[@anthonym10]

That is one beautifully geeked out house, I love it. Thanks for sharing!

[@droy333]

Nice! Anyone that says to use more expensive gear is either rich as all hell or don't have a mortgage and children. Well done mate!

[@sdrtyrtyrtyuty]

Troy Graham $3000 used hatdware >>> $3000 new hardware

[@droy333]

That's the case for everything. He said he works in ICT so he probably had a bit of this gear laying around. I have 3 x 48 Port Layer 2 switches laying around right now. I'd only use them at home if I had no choice though.

[@ryleighlawrence6189]

Troy Graham, I would be glad to use them by choice! Why would you not use them by choice anyway?

[@mitchwinters864]

This video came up after I was watching a QNAP setup vid... Its nice to see that there are people out there doing things right. Too many to list from this video, but everything was smooth down to battery back-up/power-regulation & heat exhaust from network room. LOL security! Once you start its addicting! When more network cable is used on cameras than PCs, toys ect... A+ in my book!

[@danielmuresan7052]

Awesome infrastrucrure you have in there! One question though: wouldn't it make more sense to use access points such as the ones from Ubiquiti? They are cheaper than Apple, have great performance and can be powered via POE reduncing the cable mess around the sockets.

[@kingrpriddick]

Could only management, FAIL, no thanks guy

[@JohnHuthmaker]

Pretty rad setup. I just moved in to a new house in January and have been building it out to my dream specs. Right off the bat I put in a 4 post APC rack, had a dedicated 30amp circuit ran for my 3000kva Rack UPS, and wired the home for ethernet. I had Fios at my Condo, but they didnt offer it here. I had to settle on a 100/10mg Cable Modem. I tied that to my Palo Alto firewall. I have Lan/DMZ/Internet zones on it. That goes out to my 2x24 port stacked 3750G-POE switch. I have at least a dozen vlans. Then for servers I have a Poweredge R710 running as an iSCSI San with a pair of R610's as ESXi hosts. I have a myriad of virtual machines. But most important to my is my Cisco CallManager enviornment, since thats what I do for a living. I also have a couple of 2800 routers to use for lab use as voice gateways. In my office I have a DX80, 8865, and a classic 1930's phone tied to an ATA. I have two Meraki AP's placed in the house. I have a Nest Thermostat, and 4 Nest smoke detectors. Then I also have 7 Lorex cameras placed throughout the house. I'm not super happy with the NVR, so I need to find a good replacement. I need to do a tour of my own when the house is finally complete.

[@IntensePeppers]

Besides having your own server for Plex and backups, etc, what is the point of all this? How is it better than a standard home's network?

[@bandname]

It isn't, he's simply made this to show off. I have a server room to host my websites and backups. There's no reason to have a ton of servers unless you're using your memory in milliseconds.

[@Jonnn21]

I think its ALOT overboard as far as servers. But it's a hobby and it's what he enjoys I guess, nothing is high end like cisco and seems he did it on a budget to get the job done. I do the same thing with cameras, I have a 1300 sqft house and HD and 4K cameras running POE. I even have two in the chicken coop lol

[@jeffmiller1140]

I was dizzy by the end of your video...... In a good way! Thoroughly enjoyed your setup! Yes, I'm subscribing...

[@rbdworks4342]

That is all wrong, take it down and give it to me!!!!! Haha wow sweet setup, I wouldn't even want to know the final cost of all your equipment.

[@galabandachonda]

RBD Works I was actually thinking the same thing.... Lol ;D

[@TheTopace88]

Great idea! It's incredible for just home use. However, I have 1 suggestion: ditch the mac. :)

[@michaels6502]

Adam G Nah, macs are great!

[@samdrost2083]

macs are more reliable then windows desktops.......

[@Twister130]

Now I know why you call it the geek pub 🤓 seriously I’m impressed and I think I’ve to watch this video for maybe 20 times just to understand the amount of time, effort, knowledge and money that has been invested.. keep up the good work my friend ..I’m an IT engineer as well but only now I’ve realised that after my 13 years of experience I’m still on the door step !! Wish you the best always 👍👍

[@BB-he9qo]

Any fear in someone messing with your modem outside your home? It looked like the Ethernet cable was exposed outside the enclosure. Oh and would love a vid about your software setup for ESXI. I hardly know anything about that topic.

[@TheGeekPub]

BB not really. They'd still have to get through my firewall.

[@toysareforboys1]

BB: If you're running linux VM's check out proxmox instead of ESXi.

[@sdrtyrtyrtyuty]

toysareforboys why

[@toysareforboys1]

I'm no expert on how it works, but it shares all the resources much better than ESXi when running a bunch of linux VM's. Way way less picky on drivers/hardware as well. I'm using it for opnSense (dual wan router), Windows XP (for mail server), CentOS for web server. Much better performance than running ESXi on the exactly same system setup.

[@SLIZZARD]

BB i work for a cable company and our ONTs go indoors. They would not survive the Canadian winters in an outdoor enclosure.

[@GrumpyMansREVIEWS]

That network is awesome!!

[@pumpkineater629]

Things I like, managed switches/vlaning your cameras plus PoE. UPS to prevent damage to equipment. A wired LAN. Things I hate, grossly overbuilt for a home network. Disjointed wiring closet. Literally just too much tech, I like technology as much as the next guy but there just seems to be piles and piles of IoT to fill every task that has an artificial demand. You do you none the less Cheers

[@TheGeekPub]

You missed the whole point. My day job is technology. My home is my lab.

[@emmettonline]

People who work in networking need a lab at home to play around with

[@Storm0sk]

@@emmettonline Да он просто техногик, помешан на компах и сетях, имет кучу бабок а вкладывает бездумно. В чём идея то побольше серверов и проводов?

[@Matt-od1do]

@@TheGeekPub I'm currently in the process of building a home network. have some cisco switches, getting a security system, have a netapp controller and shelves and a couple dell servers

[@CrypticConsole]

WTF IS THE CABLE MANAGEMENT

[@MartinPaoloni]

What a timing! Hopefully I'll be moving from a flat to a house in the next months. I'll be taking a few of your ideas for sure. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheDarkHour684]

did you do it?

[@sygerrryc]

Gees Mike, I just want solitaire to work. Awesome video.

[@kieferonline]

Sy Cook That calls for another virtual machine!

[@ElectricNikkiGames]

as an IT student in my second semester taking Cisco and server classes, I'm super jealous of this setup. Gonna show it to my instructors.

[@FenderStrat19711]

I was VERY impressed with the sophistication of your network. Has it become self-aware yet? :)

[@terriangivens1684]

You have an amazing setup in your home. WOW!

[@Michael-Bishop]

Thanks for saying Alexa about 10 times in a row

[@verios44]

Michael Bishop I just found this video, great setup until the Alexa bit. Talk about throwing away your security and privacy down the drain. Also hope those security cloud backups are encrypted...

[@blakethetank]

Yeah I was completely puzzled at that point. What am I watching?

[@frhwebmaster]

Watching someone brag.

[@wildbill23c]

LOL, man they'd hate me programming those things...after about the 3rd time I'd have Alexa programmed to say, what in the hell do you want, stop calling my name LOL.

[@HeelerHouse]

@@verios44 .. u do realize using ANY tech is basically giving up your privacy...

[@lefteye129]

I thoroughly enjoyed the video and details.. amazingly done

[@mike_x48954]

Do you have those alarm fog machines? So when the alarm goes off it fills the house with fog so you can't see. Or do you have some strobes?

[@W4TRI]

Nice idea! Can you get fog juice in green so it looks like gas? Then I can announce on a loud speaker 'Releasing Nerve Agent."

[@mike_x48954]

The alarm fog machines require a special type of fluid, so it wouldn't work too well if you do Dj fog fluid. The idea of it being green I like, the only problem is i've never seen coloured* fog fluid. You could have green strobe lights to make it seem green. *English UK

[@kingrpriddick]

"DJ fog fluid" is mineral oil BTW, so maybe they run on a VG mixture like "vaporizers/atomizers"?

[@kingrpriddick]

MSDS says Distilled Water, Ethykene Glycol, Glycerin (mist), and Sodium Dehydroacetic. So closer to a VG/PG mix like vape juice but water based, bet that makes the heating elements fail like crazy!

[@jbdragon3295]

I just redid my Home Network setup. I'm all in a Small Closet and using a single 8U Rack. Though I do now have a 48 port Managed Switch. It's nice a neat looking and looks professionally done. It was, by me!!! I added 9 more Ethernet cables around my house, including 2 going out into my Garage. I did this as I have future plans for some IP POE cameras and a small POE switch in the garage to power them all. I'm all about everything looking nice besides just working. I WISH I had a closet that large for my Network stuff. I know my setup would look so much nicer having that kind of space. You could put a large single Rack and have everything mounted into it that's in that room.

[@BrettMartindale-Plauges1988]

It's not about doing it right or wrong, it's about what works for you and your family. Would I do this or that differently, maybe, but that would be specific to my use case. Neat to see (what I would consider to be) an early adopter of home automation. The early adopters iron out a lot of the kinks and wrinkles.

[@pfsmith007]

You're cool! I love to see the finished product of a well planned system. Thanks for sharing.

[@chaunceyturman4987]

"Alexa, when you're done uploading my every move to the NSA, turn up the heat."

[@Treddian]

If the NSA wants to pwn you, they don't need Alexa to do it.

[@jacobreuter]

trust me, the NSA is more interested in all the private VPN's that everyone advertises than your alexa lmao.

[@ssebaxz]

Loving all your set up!!

[@johnnyhancock2725]

That is one HECK OF of Network Setup just to download and watch porn..... :^)

[@Rune.]

GB/s Pornhub

[@und4287]

this isn't funny

[@Rune.]

@@und4287 Are we supposed to care what you think?

[@greyhat9645]

xvideos

[@grocerylist]

@Dinh Nguyen you don't want to watch porn in 4k. You can't unsee that stuff,1080 is more than enough.

[@NikhilM4101]

I don't remember which video of yours made me subscribe but I am glad I did. Looking forward to more videos about your home tech. Specially the softwares you use for your camera and server and network stuff.

[@RandomlySet]

I can confirm axis are awesome. We have them at work, about 80 cameras across 10 sites.

[@TheGeekPub]

I put in some D-Links about two years ago. Over those two years almost every single D-Link has failed and been replaced by an AXIS. The telltale sign of the D-Links demise is they will start locking up and have to have the power reset to them. This will go on for a month or two and then they just won't power on anymore.

[@RandomlySet]

TheGeekPub at our head office we have a 4k PTZ, can't remember the exact model, we got it a year ago and was the best they had at the time!

[@brosnan]

agree we have axis PTZ at work (data centre) so security is the game.

[@acme64]

can confirm, got a few at work as well

[@kyleskatesnh]

what a bad ass house man! i just subscribed to you from the video you did for the 8-bit guy.

[@mikebarber1]

Dude, Guest VLAN 1003 on the Airport's - Thank you! Just set up and configured it on my network and it works great!

[@orethastings2322]

Your house is absolutely amazing

[@EricMarsi]

What's the model of that pfsense box, I would love to get one. Esp if it has a atom c2750 or c2758

[@emrelabarjr6803]

www.thegeekpub.com/product/geekpub-wanbox-1u-rackmount-firewall-router-2106-gp-wb2106-4-32/

[@MatthewRachansky]

RIght now I live in an apartment ,so I have a basic SoHo setup using a switch, router and modem running a cheap cable connection (cheap as in inexpensive, not a poor connection). Modem feeds to the router which handles DHCP then goes to my switch which handles bandwidth management. I have a limit set for my router and prioritized networking for my compute for work, and the other ports used for wired connections to my game consoles and home computer for the rest of the family. Nothing too fancy yet, but when I have a proper place I will be building a similar setup. Nice to see a walk through yours! Thanks for that. :D

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

You almost make me want to work in IT, ALMOST.

[@rogerg0834]

What a badass setup!!

[@matejfoltyn]

Dang, that's a big ass house. Awesome build you have there!

[@milky1234123]

I really dig this set up alot everything has a multi purpose

[@Swedishchef11]

264$ for 500/500?! Man, we can get it for like 50 bucks a month here

[@l3l21]

All your gears are solid. Hopefully when the time comes you upgrade your hotspots. You may want to consider switching to Ubiquiti very stable. A bit tricky at first once set up they are stable as they can be.

[@timon0x31]

As much as I liked the AirPort Extreme I switched over to UniFi gear.

[@TheGeekPub]

Same here, about two months after I made this video.

[@daanyaalshearwood9839]

@@TheGeekPub I was just about to ask you about the AirPort thing. hhah

[@pacsmacks7142]

Great video a lot of new stuff I never heard or had to think about so always appreciate a good learning experience. That’s what I love the most is learning and being able to do cool things. The camera system is a part of the video I gonna show my Dad since he’s looking to upgrade. But I gotta cut to that part of the video cause even that part is gonna be confusing for him. Pops ain’t too good with technology so don’t wanna add confusion to the whole situation. I’m just looking to inspire him and show how clean and much control he will have over his security system. Thanks for being a good example

[@revealingfacts4all]

what is the software you're using for overall monitoring of network bandwidth, server health, etc...?

[@TheGeekPub]

Eric Mayo observium

[@Marcmenardtechno]

Eric Mayo, good question, and TheGeekPub, thanks for sharing that. I'm looking at this on a separate tab, there is a free version available for home geeks like me. Cool!

[@JohnHuthmaker]

The only bummer about Observium is it doesnt support Netflow. And Solarwinds is not feasible for home use. What are you running Observium on? I use Ubuntu for mine. I'm curious if there is something better.

[@Marcmenardtechno]

John Huthmaker Hi there John, I haven't tested it just yet, I was looking at their website to find out more about it. I have a spare PC I can repurpose just for this kind of interesting project. Haven't decided on the flavor of Linux I'm gonna use, although I'm partial to Mint and Ubuntu. Can't say I like CentOS much. I'm gonna look into it this week, time permitting. Ciao!

[@TheGeekPub]

I run it on an Ubuntu VM.

[@the_atariguy]

I use at my house AT&T home network and our router can by it self run a home and guest network as well as two phone lines. I have been learning much about networking recently as I have been doing different things in my house. I have learned many new things. One thing I was surprised to learn id you could attach a Hard Drive and use it on the internet, and that is had a like menu thing you could access on a web browser. I think I sound crazy because most people who watch this channel probably know that.

[@tomashrubovcak3770]

whoa. I currently have 1Gbps up/down. FOR $20 a month! PS: I live in Slovakia

[@codyking981]

lucky i pay $80 for 10 down and 3 up with a data cap at 400 gb😪

[@thiccboicory9964]

Cody switch your ip they ripping you new one

[@jankomirovic2866]

Same.

[@AdhamOhm]

$130 a month in Canada. :(

[@Epic_Aviation]

@@thiccboicory9964 Usually they can't. Companies play monopolies in rural areas because there's usually only one or two, and the consumers have no choice but to go with them. The same thing happens with me. $50/month USD for 3 mbps down .5 mbps up

[@JoshuaLTRyan]

Looks like a great set up to me, not seeing any wrong there. There's a lot of personal choice in how one wires up a house, etc. you like pfsense, I like untangle, you like airports, I like orbis, etc. all good. It's cool to see how others run things.

[@MusicalBox]

Nice to finally see a new video from TheGeekPub Sadly, I can't be a troll and tell you "how wrong you did it" since I know next to nothing about half of the stuff you showed us :D But it all looks really cool.

[@ronswanson1204]

Love this video. Brought of my inner geek with all the tech.

[@Vitamin-Q]

Very nice.... but I bet you go crazy when the power is out.

[@jankomirovic2866]

He has a ups

[@guillaumeseurynck3853]

I think I’m in love with your house!

[@DJaquithFL]

How people do their 'stuff' is their own business, Google's AI placed a link and you asked .. I'd add a NG/LP generator if you haven't already. In South Korea 1 Gbps cost $19! I'll probably drop Fontier once we have Google Fibre. _Cisco .. I own a data center. Chinese love to clone. I love security._ Good luck in your home hobby! 😆

[@Guitarhero1000]

South Korea's land mass is also 38,691 mi². Which is the same size as 1 US state. Indiana. I'd imagine servicing all of Korea is pretty easily done considering S. Korea's population is 50.62 million. About 1/4th the population of the USA. TL:DL - It's easier to provide gigabit for cheap when you live in a country the size of Indiana.

[@joeschmo5171]

You would laugh at my attempt at a networking “closet” and home automation. But still, works for me. The main downside about my home automation is that it uses Alexa routines and ITTT, so it’s 100% dependent on a working internet. That’s not so great. But it’s all I can do with the budget I’ve got right now. Anyhow, thanks for sharing your setup with us! It will definitely come in handy later on when I eventually design a home setup that is more robust.

[@jdriver2308]

david from the 8-bit guys network set-up is more tidy however your network is more complex!!

[@ReggieCotton]

HAHA, I just watched that video too. I'd say 8-bit guys network is total craptastic. And tidy isn't a word I would use to describe that mess of cables he has everywhere. He wasn't even smart enough to use a patch panel. Geek guy's setup is superior and quite a bit more elegant.

[@boomercorley1930]

awesome video!! Really cool and neat stuff your doing!

[@HolyJeeps]

I lost him at hi...

[@JasorSecondPublic]

I don't think he says hi in this video.

[@epmrecords3364]

And I lost you at hi...

[@linkz6153]

Fan of your setup sir Thank you.. great video 👍🏽👍🏽

[@SergeyGurianov]

Brother, why don't you love your house so much?

[@someguy0523]

I discovered Observium from watching your video and it was the answer to a problem I have had with the last major upgrade to pfsense (using darkstat). Thank you!

[@TheGeekPub]

Fantastic! What problem? I've been too afraid to upgrade to 2.4.x too many people reporting major bugs.

[@someguy0523]

I believe it was post update v2.3 RRD graphs stopped reporting total MB per time period. It bothered me to the point I downgraded to the earlier version, but I have since switched to a Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX for a lower power solution over a dedicated PC. Observium picked it right up (snmp) and much to my delight it had this report and many others. I got my installation (OVA)from turnkey linux, it seems to be an earlier version but it works.

[@fatcattowing8990]

SWEET INSTALL!!!!

[@millergram]

*Slow Handclap* Your setup is amazing. I thought mine was good. Can't wait to move out this apartment and get a house with full access to everything.

[@themaconeau]

Why the servers mounted vertically? I mean, apart from the obvious space saving reasons? Doesn't that screw with the server's thermals? >.

[@tombutcher1990]

I think you answered your own question. Doesn't look like space in that closet for horizontal rack mounting.

[@TheGeekPub]

To save space. It does not effect thermals.

[@MacGulliver]

have you considered reversing the airflow? suck in cool air from the bottom and blow out on top where the HDD's are located? i'm looking into a vertical mounting option myself. Nice setup thoug ;)

[@sinbadpeen]

Dog has an article on his site about that. He did reverse them.

[@JulianOwens]

Nice work, I hope to get mine cleaned up and video it out. I have the same closet but no attic crawl space to do the same air vent. ugh. So I have it all just shelved on a wallmounts box rack with a glass door.

[@Mjelectronics01]

out standing work on the house

[@gregp9693]

Cool video. Subscribed to your channel yesterday. I am more into home audio/video stuff, but this was really cool to see. I like to dabble in home networking as well, and now they are almost one of the same with all the streaming devices.

[@visghost]

We have in Russia in Moscow 1Gb/s is $23

[@gatsbylight4766]

$23, eh?? Maybe here in the U.S. we need to rethink the whole _communism_ thing!?! OH! WAIT!!... Before we finalize the deal: How much are the hookers?

[@lloyd2929]

You had me at pfsense. I love that firewall.

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

$265/month for 500Mbits damn in Europe I pay €40/month for gigabit...and I consider it theft already

[@TeamNoLackin79]

Yeah in the US there are only 6 internet providers and they have a monopoly on the entire country. They also have non-compete agreements between to prevent price wars. They also owns all the lines where as in Europe it is illegal for company to own the lines. Your lines are consider a public utility and are part of the commons. We are getting rape and rob with slow and over priced internet in the US.

[@smartdocmn1633]

Thank you for your nice presentation 👍

[@KippysNippys]

$265 for 500mbps? What the...?

[@Abdullah97484]

You're CRAZY MAN! Love your setup!

[@TheGeekPub]

Crazy is good! I'll take Crazy!

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

This dude needs to learn about _minimalism_ .

[@TheGeekPub]

Why?

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

If you know anything about networking, and I doubt you do, "minimalism" would be the last thing you'd say.....

[@Matt-od1do]

@@TheGeekPub Because he doesn't understand different people have different interests

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

@@TheGeekPub Because your life looks messy and chaotic.

[@JackFreedom]

@@Bruce.-Wayne that's not true at all.

[@jennspaetau]

Amazing setup! Love it

[@MA77ZO]

Comcast in my area offers 250Mbps for $69.99, 1gbps cost $100.99

[@bryce1rocks]

Matthew M. I have comcast and it's such a scam. I am now paying $250 per month for 30 up and 12 down plus tv and phone. for tv they are making it pay to watch your favorite TV shows for additional $40 a month. BS

[@ryanvandy1615]

I pay $75 for 150 down and 20 up with comcast

[@ryanvandy1615]

I'm patiently waiting for AT&T fiber in my area 80 bucks for 1000 up/ 1000down

[@toddmateo9130]

absolutely amazing love your setup

[@TheGeekPub]

Thanks!

[@toddmateo9130]

sure anytime would love to have this in my house

[@BruhHowDidIGetHere]

I don't understand a single thing you said in this video :/

[@MillimeterDefeater720]

its 2017. you should and since you don't, enjoy your terribly low income level.

[@kevDogg1206]

interesting joke.

[@detailingdiaries6562]

I understood 10 words and was very impressed with myself!

[@jillcalhoun276]

Awesome, even though I am watching this almost 3 years after you posted it. I will search to see if you have any updates to your network posted. Great job and very clean and neat wiring!

[@TheGeekPub]

I definitely need to do an update.

[@verios44]

All those security features and you use Alexa...bye bye security.

[@robclaggy8620]

Are you like 12? Grow up.

[@TheGeekPub]

verios44 again false.

[@verios44]

TheGeekPub Then please enlighten me. How do you keep home assistants like Alexa from listening to every spoken word and transmitting it to Amazon to be used for the purposes of selling information?

[@TheGeekPub]

No sir. Those with extraordinary claims bear the burden of proof. You prove to me its doing that. (Hint. It's not. Hint. Its been hacked and the code decompiled and literally no one has found any evidence of your claims.) And before you spew some more hogwash, tell me exactly why you fear the Alexa but you don't fear the cellphone/microphone in your pocket which not only sits on your home network but literally goes everywhere you go which has *actually been proven* that several models were compromised and implanted with NSA firmware.

[@robclaggy8620]

TheGeekPub, I don't know why you're giving this imbecile the time of day. He's obviously not put even one of his brain cells to work thinking about this.

[@PhG1961]

Nice video ! I'm suprised of the quality of your work and equipment.

[@Tntdruid]

My inet cost 76$ for 5 Gbits up/down fiber 😁

[@TheGeekPub]

You are one lucky dog!

[@Max34557]

Tntdruid You have a 10 gigabit infrastructure at home? Highly doubt that.

[@Tntdruid]

Max i will when i upgrade my gear

[@Max34557]

Tntdruid Ah okay

[@Tntdruid]

William Hutchinson no Denmark

[@lelandclayton5462]

The panel that the builder installed is more gear towards security systems. In my line of work we use panels like that for security, RG6 and CAT5e for Telco stuff. Big camera you got there with the wiring exposed. Other then that not bad.

[@jaywhittington2270]

This is like a PC gaming enthusiast putting RGB lighting on everything....its just for shits and giggles.

[@TheGeekPub]

LOL. If you say so.

[@AriffSuffian]

Really enjoyed seeing this. I’m starting to introduce Apple HomeKit to my house and also making initiative to improve the home network setup. Do you mind explaining more about the CCTV on the vlan?

[@ThePred2009]

guessing your a network engineer you really know your stuff. Its overkill for a home network but hey its your money LOL

[@supercoolmunkee]

True that. I prefer to learn more about networking from professional engineers than some slackers like Linus who does random tech reviews everyday. And being an I.T guy, I find it interesting to be learning more in my career so that I can apply them at home too and vice versa!

[@jmartinez2]

Awesome setup!

[@JimHetrick1]

How do you afford this

[@paddywagon420]

Jim Hetrick women are expensive. I guess he chose the toys instead

[@Wildc4rd]

The guy is building a pool outside..pretty sure he can afford it.

[@TheDavidp82]

Ebay has incredible, unbelievable deals, in relation to what the equipment cost a year before when some fool (or some company under contract or long term lease agreement to bend over and take 10" of un-lubed man meat by buying a $50,000 server every year or every other year. Yes, that supports SOME jobs here in America, but in reality, it supports manufacturing in China more than anything here. Hell, I bought a particular server, that 4 years previous to my purchasing it on eBay, went retail north of $475,000 in 2010. I paid $1400.....in 2014. Took a truck and trailer (to quell confusion I mean a personal one driven everyday to work and back, parked in your garage, not an 18-wheeler) to get it. Several personal, day-to-day, face-to-face friends of mine- I host their commercial retail websites on the thing. One produces worldwide orders daily. I mean literally an item is ordered every day from every continent in the world (except antarctica, though the item his company is known for, hell it's in the title of the company, are on the intended market item/device which ARE presently in Antarctica). His business is tremendously succesful, and not because I do a great job with hosting/writing some of the site/managing it, but rather because he busted his ass from 14 years ago, refused to cut the smallest corner, no matter who WASN'T looking, no matter how much more the RIGHT metal alloy was for the job, regardless of how much he could save by downgrading alloys to something that would perform 90% as well. Some people are ok with a 50% price cut to lose 10% durability. Some are not. But by only having a top of the line-line for the longest, the public knew that his 'inferior' line, aka, 'economical' line came out and he promised a performance of xxxx/xxxxxx:xxx, people knew without a shadow of a doubt that his product would do it. He was recently bought out by an international conglomerate for God knows how much. Tens and tens or dozens and dozens of millions of dollars. He said he'd never been in the position to not know what it was like to not have to worry about money ever again and that it was almost uncomfortable. Anyways, his hard work from his garage led to lifetime financial security and makes me a nice little profit as well, as the conglomerate decided to keep his business just as is, but with their purchasing power on procurement of the raw materials, they will see an astronomical return on their investment because this guy's company's real value is the name. Work hard, don't compromise, and you will never wonder or need to ask how someone afforded anything. I mean that in a positive way, not a smart ass way, I swear.

[@N3ppyZ]

When you work for a company in IT, you sometimes get some nice goodies. I have a couple of servers and very expensive equipment I got from work that I’m allowed to keep.

[@sammyimo3811]

Not Herrk you stole😂

[@billyferguson3202]

THE GEEKPUB THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL SWEET!! I watched this video back at the end of last year or the very beginning of this year and I thought I saved it but I did not and the reason I want it to and some of your other videos is because I am remodellings my entire home I to my home all away down to the studs 85% of it and it's a 2400 ft² home two story.. And so after I did everything I need it to as far as plumbing and electrical and framing in the walls I wanted to run all of my audio video and data wiring and I did a lot I just hope that I ran enough and now it's time to get the equipment to set up my smart home and my network .. I wanted to ask you what did you think about ubiquiti products?? I also own a Asset Recovery company so As I'm sure you know?? I'm trying To find the best equipment to build a secure solid bulletproof network sat a way I never have to worry about being attacked .. So I wanted To ask a big favor from you in that is maybe have a few minutes of your time one day on a telephone conversation and let me explain to you what exactly looking for in Maybe your advice on what I should do thank you sir and Definitely looking forward to your response ..

[@MariusB86]

this is soooo wrong...you've installed it in the wrong house :)

[@youngstarinnovationtech6094]

Nice work bro, thanks for showing the full information

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

Are all I.T. guys this paranoid about their security?

[@tomgibbs5751]

I'm not, which makes me concerned I'm wrong, but never been hacked

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

It's not about paranoia, it's more like precautions.....if you know something can happen, why not take measures to prevent it the 1st place?....I have my own router facing the internet and I have to secure it well enough knowing many bad guys outhere are trying to sniff it....that's prevention....there is no such thing as too much security

[@jankomirovic2866]

After you get hacked, you just think someone is watching you and your precious code. Yes, we do.

[@jeremyolson3837]

This guy seems like he's paranoid as hell why doesn't he just go move into Fort Knox or nobody can get to him of all things he's using Siri and Alexa is security systems just because he has firewalls doesn't mean he can't be hacked all his s*** be stolen he must be the stupidest IT Tech on the planet Earth

[@kikooe]

I think it is a hobby. Its fun to have big switchs and nas / harddrives but you have to find some utility to it :)

[@NorPacAdventures]

Why do I catch my self watching server set up and first aid kits videos? They are just soooo sexy!