After about a month of work I’ve finally finished installing my new network, all contained in an actual network rack. If you want to see what my network was like before this, here is the post Here is a quick before and after: (Router and modem are upstairs. I have cable that runs directly to the switch here.) (I’ve moved the router down here, while the modem stays upstairs, since that is where the source is.

So before I began this project, it was clear that the network closet was a mess: Wires and cables everywhere. The patch panel is unorganized. There’s so much crap everywhere you can’t even tell what’s going on. I do want to say that most of this was not me. This was the previous owner. When we moved into the house the previous owner had already wired every inch of it with cat5e and coaxial.