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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-four in total: the built-in radios in each machine, plus an eighteen-adapter USB test fleet that moves between the Framework, K8 and Pi 5 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 · 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

Pulled from the home-lab inventory and verified live against the silicon. Snapshot: 2026-06-26.