IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
3 edits |  My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Link)
Here is my setup.... Sorry to those who saw no description at first. I just put up the pictures first then added the description.
System 1 (My Laptop)
Dell Latitude D600 Laptop
Win XP PRO
40gig 5400RPM Hard Drive
512megs or RAM
1.6GHz Processor
Intel Centrino WiFI Card (802.11b Only)
Gigabit Ethernet Connection
(I have the Dock as well)
System 2 (My Play Box)
Dell Optiplex GX270
Win XP PRO (With Beyond TV 3 Installed)
3.00GHz P4 w/ Hyper-Threading
120gig 7200RPM Hard Drive (8meg Cache)
512Megs of 400mhz Ram
4x DVD+RW
64meg NVIDIA MX440 Video Card
Gigabit Ethernet Connection
1 Hauppauge PVR-250 Capture Card (Connected to local cable)
System 3 (My Server)
Dell Dimension 4600C
Win Server 2003 STD
2.66GHz P4 w/ Hyper-Threading
512Megs of 400mhz Ram
40x CD-RW/DVD
Built in Video Card
250gig SATA WD Hard Drive
System 4 (My Windows Media Center)
Microsoft Windows Media Center (2004 Edition)
Dell Dimension 4600C
2.66GHz P4
512Megs of 400mhz Ram
40x CD-RW/DVD
64meg NVIDIA MX440 Video Card
180gig Hard Drive (7200RPM, 8meg Cache)
IBM (Tripp Lite Cloan) UPS. Gives me about 40 minutes of run time.
Hauppauge USB-PVR 2 Capture Device
Gyration Mouse and Mini Keyboard
(Connected to Dish Network with the Americas Everything Pack)
All of the above connected via DVI to my Belkin OmniView SOHO Series 4-Port KVM Switch with Audio
It connected to my Dell 20 inch dell Ultra Sharp Flat Panel
And commanded from my Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Oh yeah I have an HP Deskjet 5550 Printer.
Systems 1 – 3 connected to an APS Back-UPS XS 1000
System 5 (Parents PC)
E-Machine
1.60 Celeron
512megs of Ram
80gig Hard Drive
Standard CD Reader
System 6 (Tivo)
Just a Tivo Series 2 Connected to the network….
System 7(Business Computer)
Dell Optiplex GX1
350MHz Pentium II
384Megs or Ram
80gig Hard Drive
Standard CD Reader
System 8 (VPN Server)
Compaq (Piece Of Crap)
AMD 350
60gig Hard Drive
384Megs of Ram
2 Intel Nics
CD-Rom is Broken
Connection 1 (Cable Modems)
Charter Internet Service
2 Cable Modem @ 3meg x 256k Each
1 Is connected to a Netgear FVS-318 Router
1 Is connected directly to my Play Box (System 2)
Connection 2 (Wireless)
Bridged connection to my friend 9 miles away
Is protected on both ends with IPSec VPN running on windows server 2003
My Bridge is a Netgear WET11
Buddies Bridge is a D-Link 900AP+
Antennas are 24dBi
(NOTE: Picture 15 is my buddies dish, everthing else is all mine)
Background:
I am located in North East Tennessee. My family runs a small home business on the side, we sell Chinese tractor parts, and are the largest dealer of them in the united states. I am 25yo and still living at home, I find it cheaper that way, and I can help my parents out with the business when they need me too. It is just a business on the side, they both work too. I work for a fortune 500 company in IT Support.
The wireless link you see in the pictures connects me and a buddy of mine. We both have cable modem access, but use this link to share file back and forth. Really, we just did it because we could. |
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tmccann11
Who, Me?
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join:2001-06-10
Bayonne, NJ
clubs: | The bedroom setup is immaculate. I see we have another dell man as well. What internet connection do you have that you're sharing between the 2 sites?
Tom |
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KLNYC
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join:2000-11-26
Brooklyn, NY
| reply to IlovFriday
I say screw all your computers and other crap. I take that Herman Miller Aeron chair in heart beat. Im sitting one of those in my office. That chair is like a Rolls Royce. 
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awins1
join:2002-05-06
Jericho, NY | Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Li
Man, I'm dreaming of getting that Herman Miller Aeron chair!
Anyone know of where to get one of those at a good price? |
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
2 edits | said by awins1:
Man, I'm dreaming of getting that Herman Miller Aeron chair!
Anyone know of where to get one of those at a good price?
I got mine on ebay a few years back. This one was said to have been owned by enron, and never used... It was new in the box when I got it... I think I got it for $450 plus shipping.. I was very happy with my deal at the time. |
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
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join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | reply to IlovFriday
Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Link)
I know this is serious and everything but look at your digital clock in picture 6....
anyways do you administer your server through terminal services or do you hook a monitor right up? |
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
| said by sfrk001:
I know this is serious and everything but look at your digital clock in picture 6....
anyways do you administer your server through terminal services or do you hook a monitor right up?
The monitor is connected via DVI to my KVM so it just put on the monitor, but I us TS too... Thats just eri about the clock |
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
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join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | reply to IlovFriday
Do you have Theme Services enabled on that server? I do, and I might just consider of using my server as another workstation/Server at the same time  |
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN | said by sfrk001:
Do you have Theme Services enabled on that server? I do, and I might just consider of using my server as another workstation/Server at the same time
Nope, no theme services. |
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pinoy76
join:2003-11-08
Twentynine Palms, CA | reply to KLNYC
I have the same chair at work! It is the most comfortable chair I have ever sat in! |
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ITMediaCo
join:2003-02-01
Princeton, NJ | reply to IlovFriday
$450?? Mine was $800... :-/
The Aeron is a relic of the 90s. Like Seinfeld. |
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Sholnay
My Name Is In My Profile
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join:2000-12-08
Dallas, TX
clubs:
1 edit | reply to IlovFriday
Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Li
sweet setup indeed. What audio system are you running? that IS a center channel above your bedroom tv right? |
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Varlik
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join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC | reply to IlovFriday
Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Link)
Nice! & clean |
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Billa9b0ng
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join:2002-04-08
Altoona, PA | reply to IlovFriday
i would never move out either. looks like an excellent setup. quite possibly the best bedroom ever. keep up the good work
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
| reply to Sholnay
Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Li
Thanks for the compliments everyone, I try!
said by Sholnay:
sweet setup indeed. What audio system are you running? that IS a center channel above your bedroom tv right?
Yep, I have an audio system. It is a few years old, but really all I need. It's an Onkyo Home Teater In a Box. Model DR-S2.0. Only complaint I have about it is the Built In DVD will not play burnt DVD's or VCD's. But my Media Center takes are of that now.... |
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csalazarv
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join:2004-01-21
Costa Rica | reply to IlovFriday
Re: My Setup (Small Business, Bed Room, and 9mi Link)
can you give me some links to read more about the 9mi link equipment?
Thanks |
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
| said by csalazarv:
can you give me some links to read more about the 9mi link equipment?
I really don't have any one link that will explain it all. I just gathered bits and pieces here and there.
I learned a lot for a few posts in the D-Link form on this board. And there is a wireless users group that has lots of info. Also check out the following links:
»www.nycwireless.net/
»www.seattlewireless.net/
I got the antennas on eBay, I got a good deal for them on there. The Radios came from Amazon.com. And the pigtails came from »www.sky2web.net. Another good place is »www.fab-corp.com . |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | reply to IlovFriday
thats a nice digital camera. |
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IlovFriday
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join:2002-07-23
Knoxville, TN
| said by 53059959  :
thats a nice digital camera.
Thanks! Some of the pictures make the images look washed out on the screens. I guess they were just too bright, I did not use a flash in most of them, makes the colors come out better. The camera is a Sony DSC-V1
»www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/S···scv1.asp
My buddy (Picture 15) uses an HP Photosmart 945
»www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/HP/hp_945.asp |
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
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join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | reply to IlovFriday
did the Dell ontop of the TV came with the MediaCenter software? and how well does that TV display computer images? And does that DVD player get any use at all now cause of the pc ? |
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