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>too broke for a new ISP
>buy "unlimited" mobile internet
>1TB/month "unlimited"
>used 1.4TB, "unlimited with less priority"
>fine whatever

>USB tether phone to my PC
>also need internet for roommate in student dorm
>also need the rest of my LAN online
>realize this does NOT magically become WAN for the entire network

>install Omada controller on third "server" PC
>discover controller software does not summon internet into the ER605 by spiritual force
>PC having tethered internet != router having internet

>install Linux gateway / ICS bullshit on third PC
>phone -> PC -> Linux gateway -> ER605 -> LAN
>congratulations
>I have independently discovered routing

then the AI stack decides to die at the same time

>API provider 1: tokens gone
>OpenCode changes rate limits again
>LiarCode
>API provider 3 bans all 6 accounts I had on the same plan

>try GLM-5.3 Flash
>spend more time telling agent to DO THE FUCKING THING than doing the thing

>try DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 low thinking
>start wondering whether GLM 5.3 flash is retarded
>or my Hermes rules/doctrines/instructions/pipelines/preprompts are retarded
>probably both

despair

>try OpenRouter free models

AND THE FREE SHIT WORKS

Nemotron Ultra 3 120b-3b was slow as continental drift
but it READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
fixed things
didnt require emotional support every 3 tool calls

then discover my server netplan files are literally EMPTY

the machine has apparently been surviving on DHCP fallback this entire time

current state somehow:
>ER605 adopted
>Omada alive
>LAN alive
>roommate has internet
>Linux gateway bullshit works
>local GPU embeddings + VPS fallback alive
>~28 dead AI lanes retired
>now using another free DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731


pic related: network administrator

what is the most cursed broke-homelab WAN you've kept alive