Leafeon_TheGrassType

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Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I was actually inspired by this post and some posts on this subreddit to make a 10" rack for myself.

Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It was definitely to make it cleaner overall. And yep the patch panel is just RJ45 keystones.

Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This rack does not contain a router. In essence it pretty much just houses my access point. My router is in my basement. The top device is the MOCA adapter, which converts ethernet running through coax cables in my walls to RJ45. Then the it is plugged into the patch panel (specifically the port labelled "LAN"). A white patch cable then connects to my switch. Allowing for whatever devices connected to the switch to be connected to the network. All the other ports in my patch panel are devices specifically in my room. So stuff like my WAP, my PC, maybe a raspberry pi in the future, ect. ,ect. All of them connect to the switch via the patch panel.

Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Woah that’s clever I’ll actually look into that.

Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nope that’s my UniFi Access Point. I came up with using the Eket as a basis for the rack specifically so I could mount my AP there.

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Introducing the IKEA 10” Rack (alien.top)
 

Not sure if anyone has done this before but… You’ve seen the IKEA Lack rack, well this one is made from an IKEA Eket. It’s made with 1in square dowels, and some washers between the dowels and rack rails to bridge the gap. The PDU is just a flush mount desk power strip with its sides trimmed. Overall goal with this project was to make the cheapest presentable 10” rack. Overall cost of the Eket, Dowel, screws, and vertical rails was around $50. IKEA recently dropped the price of the Eket by $5 so today it would be $45

Not much on it currently, just a managed 2.5G POE switch, U6 Enterprise and a MOCA adapter since my home isn’t wired with RJ45.

If anyone is genuinely interested in a parts list I’ll leave a comment below.

(Ignore the upside down rack shelf, the switch was too fat. I’ll have to make custom rack ears for it)