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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
      • windows 11 pcTP-Link TX401 10G · AQC107
      • linux framework 13 laptop10G · Wi-Fi test bench2 radios
      • banana pi prorouter · Wi-Fi 7 AP · 10G1 radio
      • 2.5 gbps switchfan-out
≋ Wi-Fi radios · amber router · blue switch · green DNS

wifi radios

Every radio in the lab right now, by name. Twenty-three in total: the built-in radios in each machine, plus a seventeen-adapter USB test fleet that moves between the K8 and the Framework depending on what is being tested. Chip, generation, and link are read straight from the silicon.

linux framework 13 laptop · 2 radios
  • MediaTek MT7927 Filogic 380 · internal M.2 Wi-Fi 7 · 320 MHz · 2×2
  • AzureWave MT7925 Filogic 360 · TB3 dock Wi-Fi 7 · 160 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
roving USB test fleet · 17 adapters · K8 or Framework, per test
  • 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

Pulled from the home-lab inventory and verified live against the silicon. Snapshot: 2026-06-24.