---
title: our latest internet connection
date: 2011-04-22
keywords: [adsl, apple, hack, internet, it]
img: 2011-04-22.our_latest_internet_connection_overview.webp
alt: an adsl modem with the cover removed and screwed to a wall
---

I've revisited my "[data centre]" again as I was never completely happy
with how I'd put it together; and I've since started to hang my bike on
the wall, meaning I had to remove all the shelves to fit the bike.

![Overview](2011-04-22.our_latest_internet_connection_overview.webp)

Left to right:

* [Airport Extreme] with random brackets to hold it
* ADSL modem with cover off and [heatsink hack with zip ties]
* Power supply for Airport Extreme

I'm pretty happy with it, it's much more compact and tidy. I'm not using
the USB port at the moment, but may in future.

Here's a close up of "mounting brackets" and how they are holding the
Airport Extreme. They fit nice and snugly, but not to tight as I can
slide the Extreme onto them easily (I was inspired by a commercial
AirMount)

(Ignore the random holes in the wood from previous experiments!)

![Airport Extreme](2011-04-22.our_latest_internet_connection_airport.webp)

[data centre]: 2009-08-29.absolute_hack_data_centre.html
[Airport Extreme]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort_Extreme
[heatsink hack with zip ties]: 2010-12-10.cooling_improvements.html