Berlin office upgrades

[parithosh]

We are moving to a new office in Berlin with a dedicated server room. This issue is to track the required upgrades, purchases and network plans in the new office.

Server Room:

• UPS
• Ensure the power outlet has enough amps
• Ensure the room has a fire alarm
• Raspberry pi - to be used as a controller + Arm Node
• New 16 port switch (rackmounted) to account for future upgrades
• Something for power usage monitoring
• Temperature monitor
• Get an old computer monitor with VGA ports

Office:

• Internet connection - ideally 2 in order to have a failover
• Pfsense firewall
• Ubiquiti switch with PoE injectors built in for all the APs x 2 (for each half of the office/cabinet with patch panel)
• 2x Ubiquiti APs + 1x Ubiquiti flex HD or some omnidirectional one
• Patch cables

General:
We decided to build up the networks with 3 VLANs: Regulars, Server room, Guests/IoT. The We would benefit from network separation and can decide what to expose in the server room via firewall rules. Guests/IoT can get their own landing page/QR code to sign up and will have no access to the other VLANs.

Network diagram:

[parithosh]

Update:

• Ask for keys to server cabinet
• Figure out connection between office half A & B
• Power outlet inside server room
• Lock for server room
• Network map to avoid having to diagnose it
• Crimping tool + network tester
• Fire alarm inside rooms

[parithosh]

I've updated the order list as well

[Aldekein]

Adding to the wishlist of requirements:

• VPN connection into the office network
• A LTE/4G failover connection, if no wired failover connection is available. Additional hardware module would be required for it + a SIM card.

[ligi]

We already have a VPN into the office via our DappNode (checked the box)
The FailOver we can do via Telekom - cheaper than LTE/4G - even cheaper than the HofNetz line we have currently ..