I am looking to make a custom DIY NAT Box out of an old Desktop PC I have. The computer is a Dell Dimension 8400. Its has an Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz with 3GB RAM. I recently purchased a couple 1TB 3.5" HDDs off Craigslist and was going to use than in either a JBOD or RAID 0 environment in this build. Unfortunately, I forgot the Ethernet port was blown out after a lightning strike several years ago so I've had to use a USB WiFi Adapter to hit the internet (back when I was running an operating system on it).
So my question is, with this being such an old desktop I don't want to waste the money buying a new motherboard just for the Ethernet port. Is there any way I can use this desktop as a NAS Box without using the Ethernet port? Or is there a possible way to fix the Ethernet port without buying a new motherboard?
So my question is, with this being such an old desktop I don't want to waste the money buying a new motherboard just for the Ethernet port. Is there any way I can use this desktop as a NAS Box without using the Ethernet port? Or is there a possible way to fix the Ethernet port without buying a new motherboard?
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