Upgraded from a Cisco SG 200-08 switch to a SG 200-18. The -08 moved to my room.
The modem is a Motorola SB6121
The computer is doing the actual routing.
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Antec ISK110 (has 80W DC-DC power supply and 90W 19V power brick)
MSI Fuzzy RS690T MiniITX (improved MOSFET & chipset cooling)
Athlon X2 4450B 2.3GHz (Brisbane)
2x hynix 2GB DDR2-667 SO-DIMM
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB 2.5" (Requisitioned from an Xbox 360)
Hardened Gentoo Linux x86_64
Not pictured, though you can see its network cable, is the Ubiqiti UniFi Wireless AP (UAP). Eventually Ill upgrade to the UAP-AC model, but since I have no AC devices at present its not scheduled yet.
The other little box is an interesting little guy. Ive had problems ever since I went to using a Linux machine as my router. Every couple months or so I would make a configuration change that would result in it becoming a black hole. Inaccessible by network. Have to get direct terminal access. On the floor next to the file cabinet is a CRT monitor and keyboard for just such problems. Ive looked all over the place, but I wasnt using the right words because I only found my solution just recently.
Its a Moxa Nport 5110A Serial Device Server. Its hooked to the serial port of my router with a NULL serial cable and connected to the network. My computer is running the driver software that makes it appear as a real COM port to Windows.
After a small configuration file change: