Labthrift Labthrift What to buy. What to skip. Why.

Written 9 Sep 2026. This is a how-to, not a product card.

The closet map is a sketch

Lab plan Closet map is a U sketch and switch-port labels. It is not CAD, and it does not appear in ByteRush.

Drop the leftover box, a switch, and a UPS if you have one. Label the ports you actually plugged in. That is enough to remember which cable is Pi-hole after a month.

What belongs here

Open Lab plan → Closet map. Pick a U height. Click an empty U. Name the gear. Optional: link a row from Stuff I have so the sketch and the notebook stay attached. Switch-port chips are labels, not a managed switch.

The leftover box still needs a cable and a house number. Those walks are a cable beats Wi-Fi and find it on the house network. Write the name after it works: write the house name in Lab plan.

What this is not

It is not a reason to buy a rack this weekend. A shelf or the floor is fine. A later skinny rack is a 10-inch mini rack, when the pile actually needs one. It is not a ByteRush lesson. The feed never draws your U sketch. Two lists stay two lists: Stuff I have is not the feed.

What next

Rooms: how the three sites fit. Cable: a cable beats Wi-Fi. House names: write the house name.

Optional: find the leftover box as cards in ByteRush — same Labthrift passkey as Plan. Skip if you just want to keep reading.

Skip

Sources

Live notebook: Lab plan → Closet map. Lessons: ByteRush.

Also on this topic

Stuff I have is not the feedPlan notebook and ByteRush gear answers stay separate. Write the house name in Lab planName and address after you can SSH. A cable beats Wi-Fi for the computerOne number. LAN port, not WAN. A 10-inch mini rackLater, when the pile needs a wall.