ᐅ Planning a Network Cabinet and Home Server

Rhyem86 schrieb:

Thanks for the food for thought 🙂
We’ve already had a consultation with the police and received advice on all the building components of the house, including lighting for the property and also cameras.

Very good approach;
Also ask yourselves:
What happens if you see the intruder on the camera?

Which access points do you recommend for outdoor use? Where is the best place to position it? The terrace wraps around the corner.

I convinced my wife that we should install an access point on the terrace. I will install the cable tomorrow. A good argument was that she could also work from home on the terrace with her laptop.

Ubiquiti UniFi AC MESH -> UAP-AC-M
PoE injector as well as wall mount included. Software controller installed on PC / laptop (don’t forget backups)
You just need to figure out a solution for the connection between the installation cable and the patch cable to the access point (maybe a deep outdoor box?)
I used a small electrical distribution box and stored everything inside. It is also visually inconspicuous in the bike shed.

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

Ubiquiti UniFi AC MESH -> UAP-AC-M
PoE injector as well as wall mount included. Software controller installed on PC / laptop (don’t forget backups).
You just need to figure out a solution for the transition between the in-wall cable and the patch cable to the access point (a recessed box outdoors?).
I used a small electrical distribution box and stored everything inside it. It is visually unobtrusive in the bike shed.

Oh, do I really not need a mesh as an interim solution for that?

I thought the device was as small and flat as a light switch.

This might be a bit beyond the usual scope and possibly overly cautious, but I personally also recommend implementing RADIUS authentication on the switch ports that connect to the access points. Most managed switches support at least a basic version of this. If you buy a 24-port switch, it will likely have this feature as well. Otherwise, just check the datasheet. The manual usually explains how to configure it.

This ensures that no device other than the access point can be connected to the network cable. Otherwise, anyone could plug the cable into their computer and compromise your network. However, this would require someone physically accessing your garden and removing the access point. It’s an unlikely scenario, but it is possible. We will implement this since we have several LAN cables running outside (doorbell, access point, electric vehicle charger, garden shed, etc.).

The radius is actually almost too much. 😉 But a MAC filter and a closed firewall for these ports should definitely be in place when cables run outside the house.