Maybe this is too nerdy for this group. I got an OpenWRT ONE router, replaced the old TP-Link one I had. The bad press got to me. The new one is fast, I could not believe how much faster things like downloading files is now.
The worst part was that I had picked out a complicated password with lots of punctuation, and typing that on phones and on-screen keyboards for TVs and game consoles was painful.
Also I pinged Google, and got an IPv6 response for the first time.
Good network infrastructure at home always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. The blinkenlights, the five bars of 5GHz Wifi even in the back of the garden, the dashboard showing all the devices connected to the network chugging along, it’s just, hmm, I find it very satisfying.
Also, it doubles as a presence detection for people which proves useful in home automation.
Openwrt router + 4 Wi-Fi access point wired to a gig-e switch 😙🤘