2nd hand Ruckus.

They’re decent quality that you’d see in a commercial / enterprise setting (so PoE), but Ruckus also have their “Unleashed” firmware which removes the need for a WLC.

I have 2 in a mesh at home and easily support many IoT devices, phones, laptops, etc on multiple SSIDs

The arrrs are often rips of physical media, so they’ll be setting sail too I guess

This still makes me laugh:

Yeah, I admit they cost more, but I’m not playing high perf games on it, so it’s absolutely fine - no apps struggle.

And the eco thing has to start somewhere and that’s not something Google’s aiming for (afaik)

Plus, watching other’s expression when I swap a battery to be fully charged in 60 seconds is great.

This is the real answer - get something that NUT supports

Fairphone have been offering 5 years of support for years… and ethically sourced materials, replacable parts (inc. nokia style batteries that you can replace)

Not to mention acceptance of alternative OS installations

https://endoflife.date/fairphone

I know it’s been a while, but I recently saw an article where tuxedo create their own firmware, so you might need to look into that.

The article is all about a GPL license problems tuxedo were facing because they create their own firmware using a a different license - not sure how thatls affects you, but that might be the root issue

link to Phoronix article