Wall-Mount Cabinets?

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OK, so now I have my modem and router. Now I want to make it all look neat, tidy and dust free. So now I need some advice.

I was thinking of using a small wall-mounted switch cabinet, but the smallest I know of, is a 4U 19" cabinet, which would be miles to big for the NT, modem & router. Does anyone know of a smaller one? My second option is to make a cabinet myself, either from wood, perspex, or maybe steel, with a 120mm case fan for cooling?

So, now for some questions:

1. What are the dimensions of the ADSL NT box that Telkom installs.
2. What would be the best material to allow the wireless signal to pass through easily (wood, perspex, etc.)?
3. Case fans I take it are 12V, what would be the best way to power it, a 12V multi-adaptor is one way(over-kill), but would it be possible to splice the power cord from either the modem or routers power adaptor, and split it to the fan? Would there then be a power drop to the hardware, and would it affect the performance (this one's for the electronic fundies :) )?

OK, thats all I can think of for now, sure there will be more :)

So come on, I am sure I am not the only one that likes to keep things neat and tidy. What have you guys done, and how about some pics of the setup.

TIA
Mike
 
Hi Mike, you can get a 120mm AC fan - will save you some hassle. With regards to your first question - are you going to go for telkoms router (i'd advise against it)...there is no NTU as with ISDN/Diginet. Only a modem/router, size would then depend on what brand you're looking at.
 
@DFantom, thanks. I got hold of someone today that has a small one, I think it was a 3U, but sounds like it will do the job. If I remember, he said it was about 195mm high x 230mm wide x 300mm deep. I will send ur mate an e-mail though.

@Azrael, where can I get one of these 120mm AC fans? That would mean I could just plug it in. I have all my hardware already. Linksys ADSL2+ modem & Linksys router. Seems like all the recommendations on the forums are Linksys.
So is there no "box" for ADSL, just the line coming in?

Will a cabinet block the wireless signal at all?
 
CodeMaster said:
3. Case fans I take it are 12V, what would be the best way to power it, a 12V multi-adaptor is one way(over-kill), but would it be possible to splice the power cord from either the modem or routers power adaptor, and split it to the fan? Would there then be a power drop to the hardware, and would it affect the performance (this one's for the electronic fundies :) )?
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It would not affect the performance.
think of a multi plug, splits one 220v supply to either 2 or 5, u still dont get a drop in performance.

just dont overload ur power supply and find out from the electronic supplier if he has a 220v case fan or a fan with its own transformer.
it'll be much neater, n u wont need to get ur own adaptor.
when installing ur fan, if u gna make ur own box, put rubber grommets between the fan and the case. im sure u wnt to have a peaceful sleep while ur pc is doing all the hard work! :)

Good Luck.
 
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