Node 0 In a Home is Pointless

I've created my home network in an ad-hoc manor. Anytime I had a requirement I'd add to the network as opposed to nicely planning something and laying it in.

My first "node" on my network was connecting two PC's about 15 years ago. One in the main house, the other in the bedroom so I should share out the internet. That resulted in me purchasing a 15m cross over cable and connecting the two. Worked perfectly for a number of years.

Roll around 2001 and I got my first ADSL connection. The blue Alcatel frog!



This worked fine on my network but it was frustrating that the main computer had to me on to use the internet in the bedroom. Enter my first ADSL router.

From there more devices, more switches has lead to quite a messy network that works perfectly.