I flew to high with my networking. Looking at the OpenWRT forums, the chipset for my WRT1900AC Rev. 1 isn’t well supported. I’ve had to deal with various network failures, continued 5G Wifi outages, and overall flakeyness.

Part of me is sad that FOSS is hurting more than helping, and part of me is ashamed that I’m not committing to owning my network inside and out. But the last part of me is frustrated with having to tinker on a solved problem and just wants things to work.

I flashed my WRT1900AC back to it’s OEM ROM and I haven’t had any issues, if anything it’s better then ever.

I also sold off my entire homelab. Over the years as I’ve upgraded my desktop, I’d make systems for my homelab with the left over parts. But it’s always been a solution looking for a problem. I dreamt about having a VM host, media servier, and virtualizing my ad-blocking. But my priorities have changed and I don’t care to tinker with all the tech in my life, so I’m okay with leaving everything stock and enjoying other things.