Internal Network

IT Systems at Asmbly

Asmbly no longer has any outward-facing infrastructure on premises. All our webby stuff is on AWS Lightsail or EC2. We've been slowly consolidating our various services to Amazon, but there are still some domains hosted at GoDaddy.

Internal Networks

In the past year we've embarked on a project of simplifying the network infrastructure of the space. As of now (Aug 2021) we've reduced about as much as we're going to, and are now in the process of replacing parts to ensure maintainability and reliability.

The Mini-Rack

The 9U wall-mount rack in the multipurpose room (nee Lounge) is the new core of the Asmbly network. It contains an UPS, a 48-port patch panel, our Spectrum Business cable modem/router contraption, the Unifi Dream Machine Pro that manages our network, a Unifi 48-port core switch, and the POE injector for the multipurpose room AP. Most of the ethernet runs terminating here are to the classroom or co-working area. We need to add some more ethernet jacks in the multipurpose room and replace some workshop drops that are currently terminating in the old rack

The OpenPath cabinet is mounted under the mini-rack.

The Old Rack

There's a floor standing half-rack in the electronics lab that used to be the ATXHS network core. The only systems left here are the DVR for the security cameras and the controller for the old Cerberus door system. There are two runs to the Mini-Rack - one for the old security network, one for the miscellany still hanging off the old core switch.

The Workshop Miscellany

There's a bunch of random stuff on the shop floor that's all wired back to the old rack. A near-term goal is to pull new runs to the mini-rack for these services

• The Red Laser Switch
  • there's an unmanaged switch near the Red laser PC that has a bunch of stuff plugged into it. Upstreams to the old rack.
• Workshop AP
  • The workshop wifi is right now a single AP near the Red laser. It's run back to the old rack.
• Tormach Switch
  • There's an unmanaged switch near the Tormach for stuff in its vicinity. I think it's plugged into the Red switch, but might run all the way back to the old rack.
• The 3D Printers Switch
  • There's a small unmanaged switch under the 3d printer cabinet that I think is plugged into the Red switch.

To Do

To finish cleaning up the rats nest in the electronics lab, we need to pull some cable from the mini-rack to various points in the old shop:

• Workshop AP (east)
• Workshop AP (west)
• Laser Room Switch (wherever that winds up being)
• 2x Tormach (there's only the two machines here - don't need to have a switch)
• 2x big CNC (we may need more, but we can add a switch later)

we might need more drops in the future for Shark and Fiber Laser PCs.

At some point it'd be nice to move the DVR to the mini-rack -- this will involve extending a bunch of security Siamese coax+power cables from the electronics lab.