Post your home networking setup!

[Lardman]

Because I'm bored and need home improvement ideas. Mine coming soon. :P

[zanzabar]

i have a dlink dir-628 range boost draft N duel band. and i have 2 lan and 4 wireless.

the 628 is nice it uses the same proccessor as the gamers lounge and real routers and has full QPI support. it is only 100mb but u dont need gigabit for the internet. and it has USB for printing or NAS

[eXe.Lilith]

Hmm, I have a basic modem/router that comes with every connection from my ISP here in France (it's an Inventel DV4210 customized specially for that ISP), it's quite a good router actually, but just not good enough for me, since it doesn't support VPNs nor WPA2-TKIP encryption.
So I jacked up a Cisco 877W-G-A-K9 ADSL Wireless Router from work (just kiddin' I didn't jack it though I did get it for free), so I'm using this one instead, it's obviously not meant for beginners but if you know your stuff and are after great security I really recommend it.
It's meant for small business offices but works like a charm for home use, as long as you know how to configure it properly. Only cons are that it doesn't support 802.11n, only b and g, but that's not much of an issue for me, and also since it's Cisco, well it's quite expensive. Other than that it features 4 LAN and 2 USB ports, as well as up to 10 VPNs should you need them.
Once everything was set up and configured as it should, did some penetration testing and it turned out that it resisted quite well to most of my attacks. And good luck to your neighbours hoping to crack the WPA2 encryption to get free WiFi :rolleyes:
Still if you get somebody with enough knowledge to do it, just switch over to WPA2-AES and then he's done for.

[zanzabar]

if the dont give u wpa2 then how would have wireless wep got cracked and can be decrypted in like 2min now

[eXe.Lilith]

Anybody still using WEP encryption nowadays ? Might as well use no encryption at all... Same goes for WPA-PSK, it's outdated and can be cracked though it still requires more knowledge than cracking a WEP 128bit key. That any 8 year old can do nowadays.

[BenchZowner]

Structured cabling, Cat6 gigabit ethernet and wireless for my smartphone ( inside and outside ) :D

[EnJoY]

Structured cabling, Cat6 gigabit ethernet and wireless for my smartphone ( inside and outside ) :D

That's sick, do you own your own home?

Personally, I just have a Linksys WRT54GS v7 108G WiFi. Nothing special. WPA2 secured.

[BenchZowner]

Yeap, it's my property ( surely if it wasn't mine, the owner would force me to buy it off him after seeing it :p ).
Just imagine, I call one of the rooms "Storage Room, Pile of Hardware" :p

[GeorgeStorm]

We still use WEP, coz I cant be bothered to change it, nothing has happened yet after 5 years or so.
We live in quite a quiet area, so........

[eXe.Lilith]

We still use WEP, coz I cant be bothered to change it, nothing has happened yet after 5 years or so.
We live in quite a quiet area, so........

Then you are a lucky man. Though it would take a simple reboot to change it, if you live in a quiet area, then you don't have much to worry about. I personaly live in a ski resort, and with all the tourists coming in and out, they're all trying to get free WiFi any way they can. :banghead:

@EnJoY: WPA2... ? PSK, TKIP or AES ? 1st is as secure as WPA-PSK which means almost not secure at all, second one is ok as long as there's no IT student in the neighborhood, and third one has yet to be cracked and is the best encryption you can get for an home wireless network nowadays (there are other ways to better secure your network but meh, unless you're working on some top secret stuff at home, you won't need it).
Anyway, if you're running WPA2-PSK, might wanna change that, but it's just my 2 cents

[Archer]

D-link 54G no security
Media server XP 2100+
Soon to be setting up nas in building to back up files in case of house fire.

[2stroke]

wifi on the notebook
tp-link wireless in the htpc
running 100mb nics in the 3 pc's
Linksys wrt54g for the router (probably the whole street has hacked my wifi so its had to class the size of the unkown home network j/ks')

[kevikev]

I was going to draw a ghetto setup in MS Paint real quick then I lost motivation and will describe it simply in text:

1st floor office:
- Work PC wired
- Gaming PC wired
- Usual verizon fios router + DIR-655 router + switch
(long flat cable run along baseboards into TV room)
1st floor TV room:
- Xbox 360, Popcorn Hour Media Player, Verizon DVR, Nintendo Wii (Wireless)
1st floor roaming PCs:
- Wife's laptop (wireless)
- Work laptop (wireless)
- Wife's and my iPhone

2nd floor office:
- Networked into 1st floor office via 200Mbps Powerline networking
- Folding rig (loud, hot, and placed into the room farthest away from everything else and behind 2 doors)

[Neuromancer]

Currently running off ICS, will be getting a gigabit router in the next month or so.

network is currently cat5e gigabit ethernet up and down stairs.

Basement
D-Link Gigabit Switch

1st floor
Living room
HTPC wired
Desktop ITX system Wired

Dining Room (not currently connected)
Wireless gaming PC for kids

2nd Floor
1 Bedroom/Office
Laptop wired and wireless
Gaming PC wired

2 Bedroom
Bedroom HTPC wireless

[slugbug]

Linksys WRT54GL with Tomato firmware wired to a WRT54G in my game room.
I don't use any wireless devices so WIFI is disabled on my routers.

[cragv]

Ours is pretty simple:
- phone line in the kitchen plugs into our wall-mounted VoIP wifi router
- VoIP phone plugged into the router
- 4 PCs in the office, one in the laundry (fileserver) and HTPC in loungeroom all run off the router
- all running over 802.11G; will move to 'n' next time the router is upgraded; WPA2 encryption

Simple. Effective.

[OPFOR]

Motorola cable modem (thanks, RCN) -> 3Com OfficeConnect router -> 3Com OfficeConnect 16port switch -> my PC, Network Media Player, Netgear AP for downstairs (G) -> 1 hardline going upstairs to 8port Netgear switch -> 2 PC's in office -> Linksys AP (N) for upstairs/outside wifi -> Media Extender in living room

Wow to anyone who runs most or all Wireless setups. I've always had the WORST luck with wireless (dropouts, low signal, all that)

[Sneaky Snake]

Secure Computing Router -> Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n -> 3 computers, PS3, and iPhone

The Airport Extreme has an external HDD hooked up to it with a crap load of movies and all of my tunes. All of the computers can access that and the PS3 accesses it through my homebuild which has media sharing on.

[gunsmoney]

Time Warner Cable hooked up to a linksys router, 2 netbooks, 2 desktops, and an iTouch connected wirelessly, and 2 XBOX 360's, one hardwired to the router, and one wirelessly through my roommates PC. Sometimes we also hardwire our friends netbook and 360 as well.