I just started re-doing my entire setup because I finally want to build my true dream setup 😍

Gonna pick up two monitors with monitor arms tomorrow and searching for a network switch as we speak.

Any tips?

I have an little network switch with 5 ports from d-link buyed on amazon for $13 and i haven’t got any problems with it, if that is the type of switch you need i recommend buying it for sure.

@furthercorona Hmm, I'd like at least 8 ports for future compatibility but good one, thanks! I'll go second hand or with bol.com, huge Dutch webshop which can do next day delivery :D

@linuxxx yeah i know that shop also buy some stuff from there from time to time

Depending on what you're looking to do, a managed switch might be a nice way to go. You could segment your network by VLAN and manage your traffic more.

Just get a cheap 8-port switch from a known brand. Also, since you posted this you now have to share your new setup.

@olback Will do once ready, it's a mess now ;P

@milkybarkid What's the difference between a managed and unmanaged one?

@linuxxx a managed one is basically a router with a lot of Ethernet ports, meaning you can do vlans and subnet managing/blocking/DNS/dhcp and so on. In general those are more "enterprise" and therefore more expensive.

@linuxxx I find bol.com expensive compared to alternatives (other Dutch webshops)

I use tweakers for price check and watch (https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/)

@yendenikhil I also use that site but not all the webshops doesn’t have 1 day shipping and that kinda sucks if you need something the next day.

get a gigabit switch 8 ports are enough.
if your router sucks (like an ISP provided router) get a managed one.

do your laptop supports 2 external Full HD screens?

Whatever you do, DON'T buy a Netgear switch.

I've burned through at least 5 this year so far. They overheat way too easily.

Ubiquiti edge router X + netgear GS605 ($10 on eBay)

@linuxxx
Get a managed switch, you won’t regret learning some advanced networking. With your focus on privacy and data security it’d be good to setup some vlans and subnets between your personal traffic and your servers. You want to get real fancy you can throw in some ACLs to communicate safely between your subnets. Like iptables for routers.

Managed stuff usually has a cli for configuration, supports more robust networking features, etc. Often enterprise switches are now ‘Layer 3’, with routing basically built into the switch. Cisco equipment is the standard in enterprise in the US. Juniper is a large competitor that makes quality stuff too. Google around for used Cisco Catalyst switches, you can often get older models for cheap.

@furthercorona true

@linuxxx I cringed at you saying "huge Dutch webshop". But that's ok. Don't forget there's a lot more options, do pricechecks for sure!

Putting each monitor on it's own arm? That's great. Harsh to set up, never aligned properly, or sags over time. Jk..

Want an 8 port switch? Wonderful! Where's that 42 unit rack with watercooled servers. Expensive, right? :p

Build that dream setup, I'm curious!

/random

I thought you'd set up a whole Esociety cave at home by now.. Now I'm just confused xD

@yendenikhil I do that too but most switches I liked were the most cheap on bol.com haha

@Condor I'm not going for the most beautiful monitors as those really good and beautiful ones start at like 4-500 here and that's simply out of my budget :/

@xewl Huge Dutch webshop seems grammatically correct...?

Three monitors will be on arms, two-three will be on the desk and above it instead :)

I rent one room so next to space and cost issues, I'd get power issues as well 😅

Still working on that 😊

@linuxxx for monitor marktplatz. I got one Samsung with qhd for 40 bucks (I think it is 24")

@yendenikhil You mean Marktplaats I guess? If so, that's where I'm getting two from tomorrow!

@linuxxx awesome and yes! Which ones?

@yendenikhil Simple not too big ones since I can't seem to find any good ones for under 100 euro :(

@linuxxx One on right was bought new with 144hz ultra fast response time for gaming, costed me around 350 euro

One on left (Samsung) second hand works beautifully, six months used for 40 euro.

Colors are better on Samsung one so I would prefer that one to watch videos and pictures is snappy with high contrast on BenQ so that for gaming. Coding and other stuff, both work beautifully.

@Condor personally I won't go got ultrawide monitors even though they are super sweet (used one in work place when went to sit with business people) but managing windows become chore as just splitting screen half half is not optimum usage of space, if you have tiling windows manager (I have i3wm gaps) then it is better but still I prefer two wide than one ultrawide.

@yendenikhil I'm looking at remarkt.nl right now, they're affordable enough for me :)

@linuxxx I'll check them, I think I heard about them but never bothered!

@yendenikhil @Condor https://remarkt.nl/lcd-monitoren/... this is interesting and affordable for me!

@linuxxx even though I heard some good things about Dell, I'm not a fan! Though they look affordable, I'd still keep a lookout if you are not in hurry to buy as you might get better deal. All depends on the time you can wait before you have to have monitors.

@yendenikhil Yeah gotya. I've been waiting for ages so I'm done waiting 😅

@linuxxx also, I'm going to talk to my organization about what do they do about the things which are out of warranty. I'm looking for old cheap laptop where I can install Linux and play around in distro and what not (my desktop is dual boot windows and fedora as I play games) (office laptop is windows but after being pushy for one year, we will soon get option to have Linux laptop, rhel which I don't like much but still better than windows. I'm gonna be doing poc on it)

I was looking for nice refurbished x220 for 180 Euros but let's see if I get better deal from my work place!

Maybe check with your org for something similar!

@Condor @yendenikhil Thanks guys! As for wall mounts I'm going with tectake.nl, cheap but I bought a gaming chair from there and although its not the best quality ever, it's awesome and that for 120 euro!

@linuxxx Don't know if anyone has replied to this already, but a managed switch is configurable. So I can configure things so that port 0 of the switch only accepts traffic tagged with VLAN 100 and only bridges that traffic to ports 2 and 3. An unmanaged switch is just a dumb switch, you plug things into it and anything that comes in on port 0 will flood to the other ports. A managed switch will let you cut down on unnecessary traffic since it will do proper bridging (forwarding and learning) where a dumb switch won't.

@FrodoSwaggins Yeah looking for one that's at least flashable with open source firmware!

Always liked mikrotik gear.

@icycrash same. Starting to add more and more SBCs and stuff to my network so I bought this cloud smart switch. Love this thing.