just ordered a bunch of stuff for setting up my NAS and wider file sharing network. should all arrive by next weekend. thanks all for your help
im probably gonna save my next project after this for another paycheck, but while i'm thinking about it: i want to get some basic soldering equipment and learn to solder (for tinkering with little arduino type gizmos and the like). does anyone have recommendations for what i could get that's cheap and ideally doesn't take up a lot of space