A Networked Home

What I Use

NOTE: This is a work in progress…I’ll add more info whenever possible.

Since I started this blog about networking a home for all of us normal families I thought it would be appropriate to post what I am using in my own home - I live in a 19th century 3 story Victorian with my wife, son and daughter. I will try to keep this up to date.

This list is not yet complete, and I plan to elaborate on how I use each item.

(Note: I have linked the products that I could)

Desktop PC’s

Gateway

HP

Laptop PC’s

Dell Inspiron 5100 - Formerly running Windows XP Pro, now running Linux Ubuntu 7.1

Digital Cameras

Canon S3

Canon Powershot A70 - This one now belongs to the kids.

MP3 Players

Scanners

Canon Canoscan LiDE 90

Canon Canoscan N670u - I use this one with the laptop when I travel.

Printers

Epson Stylus C86

UPS

Ultra 1000VA - 3 of these - 2 in the office and 1 for the TV and stereo equipment.

Miscellaneous Computer stuff

KVM Switch - Zonet KVM3002

USB Hub -

External hard drive - Iomega HDD 80GB - I use this to store our media (digital photos, movies and music - I need to get a bigger one!). This is attached via USB 2 to the main desktop PC and shared on the network as “Media Drive”.

Home Entertainment

TV - Vizio

Yamaha

Yamaha

Samsung

Zenith

Panasonic

Yamaha