Sir Asvald

Not recommended, if you are moving to a new PC with different hardware, it's better to reinstall windows as it may cause issues.

You can create your own local area network with your wifi network card. Capacity won't be as good as an actual router but it will allow you to port forward. 

Updated network:
 
I have 3 domains within my environment:
 
Netgear VLAN 21 (IP 10.1.21.0/24)  HP VLAN 22 (IP 10.1.22.0/24) Cisco 3750 - VLANS 172 & 20 (IPs 172.16.0.0/16 10.1.20.0/24) Cisco 2960C-LL is used for outbound traffic Cisco ASA 5506-X Firewall used for my AnyConnect VPN Lenovo PC is the ESXi host 6.5  - VMs I have 4 (2 running on this host and one running on a dedicated ESXi host) DCs for domain, and 3 (1 on the dedicated ESXi Host) for the others. Kemp loadmaster, and Email filter (Proxmox Mail Gateway) Lenovo Tiny is the Exchange Host Dell PE R210 II is the SCCM Host Not pictured is my HP Microsoft Server Gen8 is my physical DC Running 2019.
 
Any questions please ask away. 🙂
 
 

We will need a lot more info about your setup before an answer would even come close to being useful.
Also mention any VPN if any.

Get a Fibre cable and get a MikroTik 5 port SFP+ at 10G (CRS305-1G-4S+IN) switch with a single RJ45 connector, although you would need to get an SPF module.
 
FS.COM MODULE:
 
https://www.fs.com/products/74668.html?attribute=106&id=287339
 
Here is the link to the switch:
 
 
https://mikrotik.com/product/crs305_1g_4s_in

Hello, I have an old computer (Dell GX260), I use it only for the internet,,, I have reinstalled XP but it doesn't connect to the internet, I tried USB WIFI also ,but it didn't work...... Any idea?
 
Thanks

Depending on what CPU you have, if it is a Ryzen CPU not the (G) series, you won't get a display out because it does not have an integrated GPU

If ethernet is a problem for you. Get a Fibre cable and get a MikroTik 5 port SFP+ at 10G (CRS305-1G-4S+IN) switch with a single RJ45 connector, although you would need to get an SPF module.
 
FS.COM MODULE:
 
https://www.fs.com/products/74668.html?attribute=106&id=287339
 
Here is the link to the switch:
 
 
https://mikrotik.com/product/crs305_1g_4s_in

OK, I got everything physically plugged in. For my setup, VLAN tagging, bad bad bad, very bad. Everything stopped working. 😆
 
Leaving them untagged but in their default VLAN configuration it's working exactly how I want it to which I can prove with the DHCP server.
 
Here is a 10Gig client attempting iPXE Network Boot connected to a untagged switch port associated with VLAN2:
FlexBoot v3.4.752 Features: DNS HTTP iSCSI TFTP VLAN ELF MBOOT PXE bzImage COMBOOT Menu PXEXT net0: e4:1d:2d:7e:98:e0 Using ConnectX-3 on PCI01:00.0 (open) [Link:down, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0] Waiting for link-up on net0... ok Configuring (net0 e4:1d:2d:7e:98:e0)................................................................. Error 0.040ee119 (http://ipxe.org/040ee119) No more ports. Exiting FlexBoot...  
Here is the same 10Gig client attempting iPXE Network Boot but connected to a untagged switch port associated with VLAN3:
FlexBoot v3.4.752 Features: DNS HTTP iSCSI TFTP VLAN ELF MBOOT PXE bzImage COMBOOT Menu PXEXT net0: e4:1d:2d:7e:98:e0 Using ConnectX-3 on PCI01:00.0 (open) [Link:down, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0] Waiting for link-up on net0... ok Configuring (net0 e4:1d:2d:7e:98:e0).............................. ok net0: 10.1.0.13/255.255.255.0 net0: fe80::e61d:2dff:fe7e:98c0/64  
Now I have a couple file servers that need to synchronize at night. For that I like to have jumbo packets enabled to take some of the load off the CPU. Enabling Jumbo Frames on the switch is pretty easy:
Switch-S4810P#config t Switch-S4810P(conf)#int tengigabitethernet <0/#> Switch-S4810P(conf-if-te-0/#)#mtu 9216 Then I just do the same for the 40Gig interface.
 
So this is what the current setup now looks like physically after cleaning up some cables and hardware that are no longer in use.
 

Couldn't fit it all in one image.

 
It turned out really well. Power draw from the UPS claims even with the addition of this monster it should still sustain up to 30mins of run time. That's nice. Power outages here are typically very brief. While I'm at it I'd like to get my other server upgraded to 40Gig but before I can do that I'm going to have to order more hardware.
 
Cables cleaned up pretty well behind the server too.
 

 
Personally I preferred all those fiber optic cables but this saved me 2 PCI_e slots and is technically 37.5% faster. 

I'm not home at the moment but I wanted to get some configuration out of the way and I'm glad I did because it gave me issues I didn't expect forcing me to change how I setup the VLANs.
 
This is the current arrangement which I hope can stay this way:
Switch-S4810P#show vlan NUM Status Description Q Ports * 1 Inactive Default VLAN U Fo 0/56 2 Inactive Primary VLAN T Te 0/12-47 T Fo 0/52 3 Active iPXE Node VLAN T Te 0/0-11 T Fo 0/60 Few things I discovered.
I'm honestly not sure if it makes a difference in my configuration but in addition to assigning ports to VLANs the ports must also be tagged to the VLAN (denoted by the letter T next to the ports. Ports cannot be tagged to the Default VLAN (VLAN1) 🤦‍♂️ So to start how I did what's shown above I created VLAN's 2 & 3 using the interface vlan # command in configuration mode:
Switch-S4810P(conf)#interface vlan 2 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)# If the VLAN does not exist this creates it while simultaneously taking you into it's configurator. From here I can tag/assign ports and give it a little description:
Switch-S4810P(conf)#interface vlan 2 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)#tagged tengigabitethernet 0/12-47 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)#tagged fortyGigE 0/52 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)#description Primary VLAN Switch-S4810P(conf)#interface vlan 3 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-3)#tagged tengigabitethernet 0/0-11 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)#tagged fortyGigE 0/60 Switch-S4810P(conf-if-vl-2)#description iPXE Node VLAN  
There is a little bit more to the setup than this but I don't expect anyone to be repeating what I did here so some details have been left out. For example all applicable ports have to be in switchport mode before you can do...pretty much any of the things I mentioned above. 🙄
 
And last but not least never forget:
Switch-S4810P#copy running-config startup-config File with same name already exist. Proceed to copy the file [confirm yes/no]: yes ! 5692 bytes successfully copied It's the equivalent of Ctrl+S or File -> Save. If you forget to do this every time you make a change you'll lose everything you did since the last save if the power goes out.
 
When I get home I'll test and make sure tagging all the ports didn't break anything and connect the second 40GbE cable for the other VLAN. I can make sure the switch is doing it's job of segregating frames based on VLAN given one of the servers running on one VLAN is hosting DHCP. If clients on a different VLAN get an IP then I'll know the switch isn't configured how I need it.

According to what I've been told by an old professor of mine the command similarity is more innate to the OS/platform. Think of the different switch/router operating systems more like different distributions of Linux or UNIX. Each version has it's key features but they all share common factors.
 
How loud is it? If the fans whirl up to 100% like during startup it's somewhere in-between a hair dryer on high & a blowematron. When the fans calm down (after the OS starts) it's like a hair dryer on low. Definitely not something you want to sleep or even sit next to regularly but quiet enough to where if you stuff it in a closet it's not that noticeable with the door shut. It's a lot of power in a 1U enclosure though so I didn't expect it to be silent.

Finally upgraded from my old Dell laptop which I had for nearly 9 years. Got a Dell Latitude 3520. 😎😎 
 
EDIT: Added picture of laptop. 

Finally upgraded from my old Dell laptop which I had for nearly 9 years. Got a Dell Latitude 3520. 😎😎 
 
EDIT: Added picture of laptop. 

Finally upgraded from my old Dell laptop which I had for nearly 9 years. Got a Dell Latitude 3520. 😎😎 
 
EDIT: Added picture of laptop. 

Finally upgraded from my old Dell laptop which I had for nearly 9 years. Got a Dell Latitude 3520. 😎😎 
 
EDIT: Added picture of laptop. 

Finally upgraded from my old Dell laptop which I had for nearly 9 years. Got a Dell Latitude 3520. 😎😎 
 
EDIT: Added picture of laptop. 

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Finally some enterprise gear! 

Unfortunately no. I was searching them out a few years back for a Mini-ITX NAS build with 64GB of RAM but when I saw the prices on what was available I immediately opted for 8GB DIMMs. Wasn't worth it.

Finally had some time to finish up my build.
 
Meet Thunderbolt.
 
Lian Li O11 Dynamic
Intel 12900K with Corsair XC8 RGB Pro JayzTwoCents edition
Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA
RTX 3090 with EKWB water block + active back plate
32 Gig G. Skill DDR5 5600 MHz
Corsair XD3 Pump - Reservoir Combo
2 X Corsair XR 5 360 radiators
3 X Corsair LL120
3 X Corsair SP120
1 Chunky Pikachu 25th anniversary edition.
 
 
 

You need to turn off BDPU guard off on that port.

Either fix whatever is causing BPDUs (the tiny packets that are used for STP and loop detection) to enter the switch from that cable (meaning, disable STP or similar from the device at the other end), or disable the BPDU Guard on that port. BPDU Guard is how you tell the switch "this port should only ever have endpoint devices, it will never have another switch connected to it". It is considered a security or idiot-protection feature, to prevent a dumb or malicious person from connecting a switch or similar device to a network port. For example, many companies have a policy that users are not allowed to install switches or routers at their desk.

I've been rocking an MX500 500gb in one of my own systems for several years, and put a few in builds I've done for other people; They're great drives.

Finally replaced my 7 year old SSD with a 1TB ssd 😄
 
 
 

This is herpies we're talking about where they would leave a package on the front doorstep open to the elements and on view to everyone as "package handed over to resident".
 
I'm surprised that even Amazon use these clownshoes for shipping stuff that should be done by their own delivery service.