Network

Overview

The network consists of a cable modem feeding an OpenWrt router/AP, which in turn uplinks to the mezzanine switch. From there, connections run to two loft patch panels: one Blue, one Grey. Each network drop in the space has a corresponding Blue and Grey jack; only some are wired through to the switch, and only some are currently used.

Blue and Grey cables are functionally identical. The colours reflect physical routing rather than logical separation.

Static Devices

Most fixed equipment uses static DHCP leases on the OpenWrt router. If you add a static IP address, give it a static DHCP lease on the openwrt router, even if the device doesn't use dhcp. These are the main devices:

Device	IP Address
OpenWrt router	192.168.0.1
Home Assistant	192.168.0.2
Lazzor	192.168.0.4

Patch Panel Map

Cabling map: Blue (left) ↔ Grey (right)

Blue device / location	Switch port	Label	Switch port	Grey device / location
Lobby AP	1	1 Laser Loft	2	Lobby black cable
Laser room computer	3	2 Laser Room	4	Lazzor
(unused)	5	3 Craft Shelf Arch	6	(unused)
Payphone	7	4 Craft Shelf Top	8	(unused)
(unused)	9	5 Cubesville	10	(unused)
Main table Ethernet (phone, switch)	11	6 Main Room Beam Front	12	Game of Life cube
Main Room AP	13	7 Main Room Beam Back	14	(unused)
Sherline computer	15	8 Tool Town L (breaker panel)	16	(unused)
(unused)		9 Tool Town R (shopbot)		(unused)
(unused)		10 Mezzanine R (unterminated)		(unused)
(unused)		11 Mezzanine L (unterminated)		(unused)
(unused)		12 Main Room Couches (unterminated)		(unused)
Unconnected Blue ↔ Grey runs: 13–24

Router

Port	Connected device
WAN	Spectrum modem
LAN 1	(unused)
LAN 2	(unused)
LAN 3	(unused)
LAN 4	Mezzanine switch (uplink)

Mezzanine Switch

The ports on the left are for the patch panel.

The ports on the right are for uplink (yellow), and (currently) Home Assistant (purple) and the mezzanine AP (green).

The switch is unmanaged.

ToDo

• OpenWRT setup
• Ubiquiti setup