MrSilverFox

Used thinkpad T15G gen 2 comes to mind. It’s a P15 with an RGB keyboard and RTX 3070, under 2k usually on eBay.
Though the higher specced models with the Xeon and 3080 are well over 2k

Gigabyte also has some 15” options with a number pad in that price range but they all have dumb model names that make no sense, a solid chunk of the Aurous line.

Oof. Fair lol
Honestly, I just needed a cheap, low end graphics card anyways lol.
Like even if I could get this dang thing working in some aspect, then I would be fine.
 
But if that's the case. Maybe I'll try and return it as a defective piece for my money back and go from there and maybe see what I can get from like Newegg that's not more than like $300

Legit already doing it 😂

I appreciate the help here in the forum with this. I'm honestly more mad about myself troubleshooting this for about 5 hours today with this being the result lol

Honestly I'd go for a 1050ti. Should do what you want to do fine, meets your constraints, and should be pretty cheap (A decent used one, at least when the GPU market calms down should be Less than $75 or so). 

Can you set the TP Link to bridged mode? From there it should act as a AP & a wired switch. Everything will get an IP from the RG. If the issue has anything to do with leases, or time outs this could help.

I also suggest draw your setup on paper. Can make it easier to see whats happening (just in case words fail)

Just plug all wires from upstream devices into a LAN port rather than a wan port. Set tp link to 192.168.200.10 network but dont offer dhcp.

It will. I know this because at one time I had a Dlink DIR835 connected to a Comcast gateway once. I just connected the Dlink device LAN to LAN on the Comcast gateway. I disabled DHCP, Firewall and NAT on the DLink box as well. It just did WiFi and acted like a switch. 

Hello,
 
So I've been at it for a few months now. I'm not a professional with networking, but I dabble very loosely for connecting and setting stuff up. I'm having an issue now with our home network disconnecting for 10-15 seconds at a time every fifteen minutes or so.
 
Bare with me as I try to explain the setup of the network.
 
All Ethernet drops in the house converge in the basement, these then plug into an unmanaged switch. The switch then has a 'send' cable to our TP-Link AC1750 router upstairs on a 192.168.2.1 network. From there, a 'return' cable transmits back to the gigabit modem/gateway router in the basement provided to us by our ISP, which is a Residential Gateway 844GE-1 and it has a network of 192.168.200.1. The only device attached to this is the TP-Link router.
 
Now the issue of the connection drop occurs between the TP-Link and the Residential Gateway. I can ping the TP-Link for hours, with no drop of connection from my main computer on the 192.168.2.x. But when I begin to ping the 192.168.200.1, I can let it sit for an hour or two and I will receive about 6-15% packet loss ratios. This is enough to be playing a game on Xbox to watch it kick me out, have sites fail to load on mobile, and basically enough to cause a nuisance consistently.
 
Finally getting a technician out to help, he ended up replacing the Residential Gateway and also verified the cable runs. He left after that saying to call us back if we have any more troubles. Well, about 30 minutes after leaving the same problems have cropped back up and it is after hours and now weekend time and I don't want to be charged weekend service rates so I was reaching out to the internet to see about some ideas/solutions to help stabilize this a bit more? It seems to have gotten worse since we began to really notice it a few months ago.
 
We use the TP-Link router because it offers more features and controls, and the Wi-Fi has better coverage than the basement Residential Gateway. The RG also does not offer a bridge mode.
 
Thoughts on where to go from here?
 
Thanks,