Turning a Surplus TP-Link Archer AX21 into a Dedicated OpenWrt Wireless Lab Bridge
Solving multi-node connectivity constraints in a historic rental by repurposing a $25 MediaTek-based Wi-Fi 6 router into a dedicated, low-latency client bridge.
Applied systems administration, enterprise networking, and edge infrastructure. Documenting real-world homelab builds, firmware modification, network architecture, and security operations with empirical benchmarks and reproducible runbooks. Focused on practical implementations over black-box theory.