Home Network
So I am thinking about setting up a network in my house when I get home. I already have a wireless network setup but I am thinking about running cat6 through the whole house, putting together a NAS (network attached storage), and having a good switch to tie it all together. Total I am looking at around $1500 but that includes four 1.5 terabyte hard drives. When I start doing it I will post a step by step tutorial and explanation of what I did and how I did it. Before I get started I already know that I am going to have problems with a few things;
- Running the wires through the walls
- Actually setting up the NAS
I want to build my own NAS but I am thinking about durability and usability so I am going to get an empty box where I just install my own drives. Once it is all done I should have fast access to all of my media files through the whole house. I probably have around 1.5 terabytes right now but all of my movies have not been encoded into DIVX or XVID.
This project will probably get done in 3 stages. I will buy the switch, cat6, and wall mounts first and run it all. I will just connect that to my computer at that time and save up for the NAS and drives. That will be stage 2 and will be the most expensive (around $900). For stage 3 I will upgrade the wireless capability in the house by going to the N standard. That will only be used for my laptop though so the only expense will be the router.
So be looking out for that article to begin sometime around April. I know it is a while away but it would be hard to do all of that from Afghanistan.