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Monday, April 26, 2021

Planning for a big change in the network

 There have been some happenings going on at the house that might involve some additions.  To that extent, the location of most of my networking equipment is probably going to change so that other work can be done to the older parts of the house.  I am thinking of moving my main router and switch to the new addition and along with it, most of the Ethernet connections for the old portions of the house and the new portions of the house.  I also have to bear in mind that I cannot use the main channel through the old part of the house anymore, I have to deal with other ways of getting the information through.

So, in retrospect, I am happy that I have learned some things about vlans, because they are going to become very handy in the near future unless I can find a different route for cabling.  That being said, I am also going to have to pull Ethernet cables from locations where they are no longer esthetically appealing, meaning I can't just have cables dangling from the ceiling in my computer room because that room will probably go away.  The rooms will change in what they are going to be used for.  I am planning on moving my Tool Room elsewhere in the house to accommodate more space to do what I wish to do.  Overall, I may end up with a box of Ethernet cables that I no longer need and go back to some shared trunk lines that make more sense.

I intend to have fun with these changes (should they happen) but at the same time I have to be conscious that the changes may have an affect on systems that I already have up and running.