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		throw93232 on May 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server? As a router? How many gigabit ethernet ports can you put on such thing? Also on electricity you may break even in a year or two.

piperswe on May 10, 2022 [–]

A USB 2.0 ethernet port maxing out at a few hundred Mbps would suffice for WAN for most people, and the built-in gigabit port can be connected to a switch

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