Here is my rack in the basement! It's still a work in progress...
5.25.06 - [all this info is way outdated, i'll post some new pictures soon of my updated setup]
From top to bottom:
Hubbell 24 Port Cat 5 Patch Panel
Cisco 2514 Dual Ethernet Router (Needs to be configured, hopefully to bridge both VLANs)
Old Gateway 17" Monitor
Nortel BayStack 350-12T Managed Layer 2 Switch, split into two VLANs
Dell PowerEdge 2450 (Steam Server, CS:Source and HL2 DM)
Generic 2U Rack server (Windows Advanced Server 2000)
Generic 4U Rack Server (Red Hat 9)
Misc Stuff on the bottom (APC UPS, temp Linksys Wireless Router, Toshiba Cable Modem)
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