Practical Engineering: How I Set Up and Manage My Home Network
Introduction and Motivations In 2021, I was incredibly excited to move into a networked home with hardwired network drops that offered a couple of advantages. First, I can provide better content delivery to TVs, gaming consoles, and computers with hardwired connections. Second, I can provide blackout-proof power to wireless access points by using Power over Ethernet. Selfishly, I also used the move as a catalyst to “Cosplay as a Sysadmin,” as Jeff Geerling puts it....