Revisiting Making Your Own Internet Router In 2026

After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed in with feedback, criticism and friendly hostility regarding things lik…

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Episode 29 of @RuntimeArguments is live at RuntimeArguments.fm — The Alphabet Soup of Wi-Fi. Jim @jammcq needed to upgrade his home Wi-Fi and fell headfirst into an IEEE rabbit hole; Wolf @YesJustWolf helped him figure out what actually matters when you're standing in a router aisle wondering if Wi-Fi 7 is worth it. They cover the evolution from 802.11b to Wi-Fi 7, what WEP→WPA3 means for your security, and why mesh might be the answer your distant rooms are waiting for.

As always, we want to know what you think:

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/2469780/episodes/19256642-29-the-alphabet-soup-of-wi-fi

#WiFi #Networking #HomeNetworking #WiFi7 #Mesh #IEEE802 #WPA3 #Bluetooth #NFC #Podcast #TechPodcast #RuntimeArguments

TP-Link Archer 8 brings Wi-Fi 8 to homes with a promise of fewer dead zones and less lag

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/tp-link-archer-8-wifi-8-router/

If you run your own local DNS server(s) at home, do you… (second try due to poll disappearing)
#dns #homenetworking #selfhosting
Forward to ISP’s DNS servers?
18.6%
Forward to another service?
44.2%
Recursively resolve from root servers?
37.2%
Something else?
0%
Poll ended at .

Τι είναι το FRITZ!Mesh 4200 και πότε το χρειάζεσαι σίγουρα

Αν έχεις μεγάλο σπίτι, πολυώροφη βίλα, παχιά τοιχώματα ή πολλές ταυτόχρονες συσκευές, το FRITZ!Mesh 4200 είναι ακριβώς η λύση που χρειάζεσαι: Wi‑Fi 6 tri‑band, ενιαίο δίκτυο, seamless roaming, ενσύρματο/ασύρματο backhaul και προηγμένες λειτουργίες FRITZ!. Η εγκατάσταση μέσω της MyFRITZ!App είναι απλή και το σύστημα κλιμακώνεται εύκολα καθώς προσθέτεις περισσότερους κόμβους

https://amyplified.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/%cf%84%ce%b9-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%bf-fritzmesh-4200-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%80%cf%8c%cf%84%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%87%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%ac%ce%b6%ce%b5%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%83/

Current network:
DSL (FTTC) -> ISP Router (Vodafone) -> USG -> LAN

Fibre networking options:
ONT -> Fritz!Box -> USG -> LAN
or
ONT -> Fritz!Box -> LAN
or
Some other setup?

Where the LAN has one subnet, runs on Netgear switches and a Unifi AP-Lite. Having played a little with Fritz!Box it’s quite possible I could get rid of the Unifi bits altogether as its WiFi seems good enough.

#HomeNetwork #HomeNetworking #networking #unifi #fttp #zen #fritzbox #Fritzbox7590AX

7 Ways to Speed Up Your Wi-Fi Without Buying a New Router
https://www.allthethings.best/ways-to-speed-up-your-wi-fi-without-buying-a-new-router
You can speed up your Wi‑Fi without buying a new router by tweaking a few settings and moving your equipment into a better spot. Simple changes like updating firmware or switching to less crowded channels can cut lag and dropped connections in just a few minutes.
#features #beginner #homenetworking #informative #network #wifi

#BurgeonLab #WeekNotes 024 is out (late)!
2026: Week 16/52 (Apr 13 – Apr 19)

➡️ https://burgeonlab.com/weeknotes/2026/w16/

Huge personal win from a #homenetworking / #selfhosting newbie! 🥳 I got #Indiekit running on my Pi now with #Docker, #Caddy and #Tailscale. And some notes about general site updates and the usual link roundup!

This is post 32 of #100DaysToOffload
📈 https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

#blogging #blogs #smallweb #indieweb #weeknote #personalBlog #weeklynote #linkdump #blog #homelab #raspberryPi

Weeknote 2026-W16: Self-hosting Breakthrough & Site Updates

Revamped Pi homelab was a success, deployed public-facing Indiekit Micropub Node.js server using Docker, Compose, Tailscale and Caddy; with new Kitty terminal!

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