Like many interesting stories, this one starts on AliExpress, where [Easton] spied some low-cost WiFi repeaters ... [Easton] ended up bricking the repeater while trying to install an OpenWRT ...
Another interesting product [Ben] tested is what is essentially an 802.11ah-based WiFi extender, using an 802.11ah link between the server node – with an Ethernet socket – and a client that ...