Lately I got some used Cisco Meraki MR33 access points to upgrade my wireless network. Most of them came with a locked bootloader, which prevents me from flashing my own OpenWrt images, so removing the NAND and reprogramming it offline was necessary. This post documents the entire flashing process, some of the difficulties I dealt with, and provdes a simple replacement mounting bracket design for anyone who needs it.
I needed a wireless serial console adapter, so I reused some old portable routers to make some. This post explains my rationales behind this choice, documents some hardware upgrades I had to do on a few portable routers, the firmware building and flashing process, and some alternative solutions I have found while doing my research.
Sagacious Suricata