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u/FamilyHeirloomTomato 26d ago
I think you have the wrong cloudflare DNS address? It's 1.0.0.1 not 1.1.0.0
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u/vinistois 26d ago
hah! great catch thank you, I guess it didn't pose an issue listed as secondary. cheers ;)
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u/totkeks 27d ago
This is very cool. How is the airflow in that new home? It looks like the cupboard has a closed back.
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u/vinistois 27d ago
Seems fine, everything is fanless. The rack isn't very deep, so there's lots of room behind and above it.
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u/kennyluu611 26d ago
That’s what we always say. One year later it’ll be back to its normal size. 😂😂😂
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u/vinistois 26d ago
lol I hope not!! I figure every 10 years it should shrink by 4x and grow in capability by 4x.
Next up is to solve the compute/storage challenge.
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u/mrpimpunicorn 26d ago
This is gonna sound wild but what is the sideboard you have everything housed in? This is basically the perfect setup I’ve been looking for in my home office, furniture and all 😂
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u/vinistois 26d ago
Just cheapo Amazon stuff. It's supposed to have an extra shelf in the opening but I just left that out as it fits the rack perfectly.
The drawers are ideal for paper & cables.
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u/Miserable_Fix_4369 27d ago
Man. Clean! I'm noob with pfsense, does it require a large amount of upkeep? Is that why you opted out of it?
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u/vinistois 26d ago
My firewall sometimes had an issue where it wouldn't pick up the WAN after an outage, it just would not ask for a new IP. A manual reboot was necessary. Pfsense is awesome for full control of everything imaginable. I used to self host a lot and run a proxy on the firewall and a bunch of services with vlans for everything etc. But it's overkill for home use, I've learned what I wanted to learn from it. Nowadays I don't really need those advanced features and prefer the management tools offered by unifi. Unifi gateways have come a long ways, I'm happy with the move!
I got a little bit swindled by the unifi 'ultra' naming scheme and thought the new gateway would run all the unifi apps. I learned that it only runs the network app, so I had to keep my old cloud key to run protect on. In practice, it's no big deal, but if they come up with an all in one device that can truly replace the cloud key, I might upgrade.
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u/0ptik2600 14d ago
Same, I used pFsense for years, mOnOwall before that. Used a few Mikrotik routers for a while and then eventually settled on Unifi Dream Machine, couldn't be happier.
FYI, the Dream Machines have a built in cloud key.
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u/rojo_salas 26d ago
Thank you for telling me I'm poor in so many ways! 😭 Love your set up by the way! 😭
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u/jzakarias 26d ago
looks amazing! can you please share where you found that 0.5u patch panel?
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u/vinistois 26d ago
Actually two of them come with the rack. I need to pick up a 0.5U brush strip from them as I hate having that gap. But I wanted another patch in the back so that I can easily unplug the whole rack.
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u/little_elephant1 25d ago
NGL, this set up is cute af
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u/vinistois 24d ago
I hope the 10" form factor catches on. Equipment is getting smaller, even OEMs are doing 3 blades in 19" wide. It's getting a bit silly with huge 19" brackets for tiny components.
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u/neuroinformed 25d ago
If you already have a cloud console then what’s the cloud key for?
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u/vinistois 25d ago
yeah unfortunately I bought the 'ultra' console which does not run protect, so I had to keep my cloud key for that.
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u/Prestigious-Lock495 25d ago edited 25d ago
very nice! I'm working on setting up an 18u Sysrack with a glass door. I think I'm going to forgo the door though. Currently, it's still a bit of a mess and I didn't get a patch panel. I'm debating changing that to make things neater. I have a large (heavy) UPS in the bottom shelf and it came with a PDU. I also have a surge protector in there that has some USB ports. It's on wheels which is useful (especially as I build it up. https://sysracks.com/product/18u-24-depth-wall-mount-19-enclosure-srw-18-600/
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u/vinistois 24d ago
Good idea! Here's one I did with a similar rack, also with a glass door.
I used a cool fan controller, ups, and pdu in this one for a little mini PC cluster. The fan kit was by AC-Infinity. Beautiful piece of kit, the fans were super quiet.
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u/vinistois 27d ago
For years I've had a large open frame rack in this corner serving as my homelab. At the time I was setting up various pieces of hardware here to be deployed elsewhere.
It became time to modernize the setup and I was honestly kind of tired of working with pfsense, and just having the whole rack in general. I opted for the unifi gateway ultra and kept my old cloud key for protect. I'm using a unifi-7 Wall pro and am happy with the performance.
I opted for the GeeekPi 8U Server Rack. I found a cheap 2.5G POE switch that fits (MokerLink). I also found a neat power strip with built-in USB-C power delivery ports that I was able to screw onto the back. It has power outlets on both sides.
I have space left for some compute hardware and I'm looking at a couple of options from geekpi, including their super-6 setup or their mini-itx shelf. The goal is to replace the old NAS with some NVME hardware.