Firestopping a Network Closet Penetration (NEC 300.21 in Plain English)
At some point every MSP drills a hole through a wall it should not have drilled casually. Usually it happens on a...
Rack guides
How to rack-mount anything.
Fit guides, build notes and plain answers for homelab gear.
1U vs 2U: Choosing Rack Height for a Given Device
Most small network gear does not come with a height. A mini PC, a fiber ONT, a gateway, a smart home hub...
10-Inch vs 19-Inch Rack: An Honest Decision Tree
The 10-inch rack question gets argued badly. One side says it is a toy, the other says 19 inches is enterprise cosplay...
Building a $5K SMB Network Closet: A Spec Sheet
Five thousand dollars is an awkward budget for a network closet. It is well past the point where a client will accept...
Rack-Mount Patch Panels with Keystone Breakouts (Homelab)
A keystone patch panel is the one patch-panel-shaped object a homelab actually benefits from owning. The fixed punch-down panel — twenty-four ports...
The 6-Month Build Log: What's Next for the Catalog and the Blog
The Build Log has been running for about six months and roughly three dozen posts. That is enough of a sample to...
Year-One Build Log: Everything I'd Do Differently
A year ago this rack was a wire shelf, a surge strip, and a gateway sitting on top of a modem sitting...
Top 10 Homelab Mistakes That Cost You Time Later
Most homelab regrets are not about the gear. They are about decisions made in the first two weekends that quietly set the...
SMB Firewalla Deployment for SOHO Clients
Every MSP has a tier of client that does not fit the standard build. Six to twenty seats, one office, no server...
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