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I had the day off, and decided to organize computer stuff. I had ordered another external hard drive, which arrived today, so that was helpful. And I got another power strip. I unplugged everything and swept under the desk.
I also recently acquired an ethernet switch. It's like a router only... not. It's basically a splitter for CAT 5. I ran one cable from the router to my side of the room, then plugged everything over here into it. That is my computer, my work laptop and the wireless thingy for the garage door opener (it's nice to have that working again). When we both started working from home, we ran out of jacks on the router.
I've got eight devices plugged into power over here. Computer, laptop, monitor, lamp, ethernet switch, garage door opener and two external hard drives. I have more hard drives, but those two have power switches so I can leave them turned off. One of them has some kind of startup routine on it which messes with my computer during startup, so it is not connected to the computer until I need it. They're only for backup storage, so that's fine.
Anyway, I got everything plugged back in, and the cables routed nicely and tied together. There are, like, 20 cables down there. The only downside is that the power strips are just sitting on the floor. I feel like I should mount them to the walls, to keep them from drifting around the floor.
I've only got one free USB port. I switch it between my webcam, phone or a USB stick. I've got a USB hub. I wonder if I should dig that out and hook it up. Nevermind, I guess I no longer have its power supply. Dammit, I saved it all these years!
We'll see how long this tidiness lasts. Now I've got to backup some files.
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I also recently acquired an ethernet switch. It's like a router only... not. It's basically a splitter for CAT 5. I ran one cable from the router to my side of the room, then plugged everything over here into it. That is my computer, my work laptop and the wireless thingy for the garage door opener (it's nice to have that working again). When we both started working from home, we ran out of jacks on the router.
I've got eight devices plugged into power over here. Computer, laptop, monitor, lamp, ethernet switch, garage door opener and two external hard drives. I have more hard drives, but those two have power switches so I can leave them turned off. One of them has some kind of startup routine on it which messes with my computer during startup, so it is not connected to the computer until I need it. They're only for backup storage, so that's fine.
Anyway, I got everything plugged back in, and the cables routed nicely and tied together. There are, like, 20 cables down there. The only downside is that the power strips are just sitting on the floor. I feel like I should mount them to the walls, to keep them from drifting around the floor.
I've only got one free USB port. I switch it between my webcam, phone or a USB stick. I've got a USB hub. I wonder if I should dig that out and hook it up. Nevermind, I guess I no longer have its power supply. Dammit, I saved it all these years!
We'll see how long this tidiness lasts. Now I've got to backup some files.
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