Previously I was using Linksys repeaters, the RE7000 and the RE4000. Then the RE4000 died, and the RE7000 wasn’t performing well either, so I figured it was time to swap them out. Well, the RE4000 didn’t exactly die — it just had a buzzing/electrical noise coming from inside. And apparently only I could hear it; everyone else said they couldn’t hear a thing… So to stop hearing that godawful buzzing, I had no choice but to go buy something. Budget was tight, so I went on eBay for some e-waste and picked up Netgear’s EX6200 and EX7000.

The unit I use is a NetGear R6300. It’s been running without a reboot for a long time and it’s been pretty stable, but… It runs hot as hell! So I started thinking about how to cool it down, and just as I was about to search, a coworker next to me said there are ready-made kits online. Sure enough, a search on eBay turned some up… and they were cheap, so I went and bought one.