Jumping on this and will be starting slowly. I have a newish laptop…that has a broken screen. Alternatively I can pick up a new one. I also have a bunch of portable hard drives.

I have terrible internet (cable) with the phone line sitting at a spot in the hall where I could keep a small dedicated cupboard. So I was thinking something connected by Ethernet.

I want to ideally use it for downloading content and streaming it to devices around the house. Likely firestick or an alternative tv box.

Secondly I would use to stream music to my iPhone outside the house.

Any guides or starting points would be welcome.