network
The lab, here in a forest of Wi-Fi adapters on Vancouver Island. Every machine, every switch, every router, and every single Wi-Fi radio currently on the bench.
- firewall / internet boxgateway · 10G
- eerorouter · Wi-Fi mesh · 1G1 radio
- raspberry pi 1"PiHole" DNS server · 1G
- 10 gbps switchbackbone
≋ Wi-Fi radios · amber router · blue switch · green DNS
wifi radios
linux framework 13 laptop · 1 radio
- MediaTek MT7927 Filogic 380 · internal M.2 Wi-Fi 7 · 320 MHz · 2×2
nucbox k8 pro · 1 radio
- MediaTek MT7922 onboard M.2 PCIe Wi-Fi 6E · 2×2
raspberry pi 5 · 1 radio
- Broadcom CYW43455 BCM4345/6 · onboard SDIO Wi-Fi 5 · 1×1
banana pi pro · Wi-Fi 7 access point
- MediaTek MT7990 + MT7991 BE14 module · mt7996e Wi-Fi 7 · tri-band AP · 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz
eero · mesh access point
- eero integrated radio mesh node dual-band AP
PCIe cards · 3 cards
- TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Atheros AR9380 · PCIe x1 Wi-Fi 4 · 3×3 · 5 and 10 MHz capable
- AzureWave MT7925 Filogic 360 · M.2 2230 Wi-Fi 7 · 160 MHz · 2×2
- TP-Link TL-WN881ND v2 Realtek RTL8192EE · PCIe x1 Wi-Fi 4 · 2×2
roving USB test fleet · 18 adapters · Framework, K8 or Pi 5, per test
- NETGEAR Nighthawk A9000 MediaTek MT7925 · Filogic 360 Wi-Fi 7 · 2×2
- Alfa AWUS036AXML MediaTek MT7921AU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- Alfa AWM27921 MediaTek MT7921AU · M.2-to-USB Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- Alfa AMLGA7921 MediaTek MT7921AU · M.2-to-USB Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- BrosTrend AX9L (AXE3000) MediaTek MT7921AU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- BrosTrend AX1L (AX1800) Realtek RTL8852BU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- BrosTrend AX4L (AX1800) Realtek RTL8852BU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- BrosTrend AX8L (AXE5400) Realtek RTL8852CU Wi-Fi 6E · 2×2
- BrosTrend WB1 (AX900) Realtek RTL8851BU Wi-Fi 6 · 1×1 + BT
- BrosTrend AX7L (AX900 Mini) AICSemi aic8800 Wi-Fi 6 · 1×1
- BrosTrend AX5L (AX300) AICSemi aic8800 Wi-Fi 6 · 1×1
- BrosTrend BE1 (BE6500) Realtek RTL8922AU Wi-Fi 7 · 2×2
- EDUP AX5400 Realtek RTL8852CU Wi-Fi 6E · 2×2
- D-Link DWA-X1850 Rev A1 Realtek RTL8852AU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- D-Link DWA-X1850 Rev B1 Realtek RTL8852AU Wi-Fi 6 · 2×2
- MediaTek MT7612U mt76x2u Wi-Fi 5 · 2×2
- MediaTek MT7610U mt76x0u · Cable Matters Wi-Fi 5 · 1×1
- MediaTek MT7601U legacy 802.11n Wi-Fi 4 · 1×1
pcie expansion
TREBLEET TB3 dock
- TREBLEET Thunderbolt 3 dock full-height PCIe x16 slot · x4 electrical over the TB3 tunnel
bench instruments
RF test gear
- tinySA Ultra+ ZS-407 handheld spectrum analyzer · signal generator 100 kHz – 7.3 GHz · covers 2.4, 5 and all of 6 GHz
Pulled from the home-lab inventory and verified live against the silicon. Snapshot: 2026-06-26.