My new SMART HOME Network RACK! (Build and Tour)

TerraMaster D8 Hybrid: Available on Kickstarter on May 7 – https://kck.st/3Uwv9xG

— Products to build the rack —
Nave Point 12U Server Rack: https://amzn.to/49CFagO
Rack Mount Power Supply: https://amzn.to/4aTaIQE
USB Charging Station: https://amzn.to/4cMFxIy
2U Shelves (14” deep): https://amzn.to/3TWgDh1
1U Shelves (10” deep): https://amzn.to/49A7wZj
TP-Link 24 Port Ethernet Switch: https://amzn.to/49FuUV3
BV-Tech 18 Port PoE Switch: https://amzn.to/43TOJa5
Patch Panel https://amzn.to/43UQ3ta
Keystone Couplers (white): https://amzn.to/3JiVqcq
Keystone Couplers (blue): https://amzn.to/3TOmSDq
2ft Patch Cables: https://amzn.to/3Ugh5bt
1ft Patch Cables: https://amzn.to/3JeRwRN
6in Patch Cables: https://amzn.to/3Wf1j23
Cable Clips: https://amzn.to/3WgLOpY
Bulk Cat5e cable: https://amzn.to/4aVMO7j
RJ45 Crimp Tool Kit: https://amzn.to/4cXmo6I
RJ45 Pass Through Connectors: https://amzn.to/3JfnpJN

— Products on the Rack —
SmartThings Hub: https://amzn.to/3QgLofL
Ecowitt Hub: https://amzn.to/3xYwQe8
Ecowitt Hub + Weather Station: https://amzn.to/3W6fOVJ
Aqara M2 Hub: https://amzn.to/3WaED2Q
Zimaboard 832: https://amzn.to/3w6MO5v
USB C to A Cable (to connect D8 Hybrid to ZimaBoard): https://amzn.to/4azkA2k
Samsung nVMe 1TB Drive: https://amzn.to/43TIvXP
WD 4 TB HDDs: https://amzn.to/3TUMtL9
Hubitat Elevation C8: https://amzn.to/3W5M1wl
Pironman Case: https://amzn.to/3UvmxYb
Raspberry Pi 4B: https://amzn.to/49Rk3HT
Eufy HomeBase 3: https://amzn.to/4d8n5KI
Eufy Cameras + HomeBase: https://amzn.to/3xInT8K

Ubiquity Unifi is the best router, switches, AP, and surveillance out there!

Ubiquiti is the way to go for Wi-Fi.

The TPLink DECO mesh system is amazing, and way more customizable

curiosity: power consumption ?

For a wifi replacement, I just bought the Asus ZenWifi Pro ET12 and it's fantastic. Extremely fast, has 2.5Gb ports on each unit (1 for WAN, 1 for LAN, then 2x1Gb ports for LAN), and supports Wifi 6E. I got it primarily for the load of features in the Asus firmware (VLAN, firewall, etc etc) until I move over to OPNsense, and to use as a wireless backhaul from my cable modem at the front of the house to my 16-port switch in the back of the house with my server/homelab stuff. Sure beats my old Powerline backhaul!

Great job!, it looks very clean and efficient, saludos from Colombia!

I feel the google mesh pain because I'm in a similar situation with Eero. Frankly the Eero has worked great, but I wish I didn't have to use the app and I wish I could do VLANs. Everybody tells me Unifi is the way to go, but I haven't taken the plunge yet; the Eero is working and hasn't annoyed me enough that it's worth the expense and trouble of switching yet.

I also wish I could run ethernet everywhere. The previous owners put drywall ceilings in the basement so I can't just easily run wires from the basement up into the rooms above. I've been making do with MOCA over the coax that is run to nearly every room, and that's actually performed surprisingly well, but the adapters are not cheap. I would like to run ethernet up from the basement into the attic, and then down into the rooms that way… but our attic is so shallow and there is so much insulation it is basically impossible to navigate up there. I really don't know how I'm going to do it. Also, being in Canada, I want to be careful about punching holes up into the attic that allow warm moist air to flow up and condense in the attic. I'd be open to any ideas anyone has.

I hated the Rack Studs, seemed everything sagged a little, even patch panels. I much prefer the huge PIA cage nuts

Word of caution, I think the cat5 cable you bought is actually CCA, aka copper clad aluminum. It’s total and complete trash, I bought a box due to its price and didn’t realize what it was until a year or so later when I started having issues here and there. I wouldn’t have thought it would have mattered since the wire was all inside in climate controlled areas, wrong, if I were you I’d throw that stuff in the trash and replace all you made from it or at least mark them all so when weird things happen you know which cables to start replacing then.

Subscribed because the set up is sick looking

Helpful video! I am doing a remodel install of a rack but unfortunately, I only have a small closet to use for my IT closet. I believe a rack the same size as yours or one similar to it will fit. My issue is ventilation. I do not want to put a louvered door on the closet. I do have access to a room on the side of the closet and could put an air duct in the closet right now but I was not sure if that would be too much or not. Any suggestions on best way to vent it either somehow around the door to the closet or out the side through a wall into the adjacent room?

Prior to diving into the Ubiquiti rabbit hole, we used an EERO mesh system to cover roughly 4300 square feet of our house; it was really easy to set up and other than initially interfering with our wireless soundbar, I don't recall having any other issues or dead spots with it.

Are you using a UPS attached to your rack? (If so, or even if not,) do you have a recommendation of a UPS?

You should have used at least cat6a to be future-proof … but also your patchpanel. For a switch I would used at least 2,5gbit with POE+

2nd patch panel above the switch, 12 ports on top and 12 below would have eliminated the stretch on your patch cables.