The mesh point that forgot it was a mesh point
Jul 12, 2026
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A firmware upgrade orphaned one half of a two-node AmpliFi mesh — the master jumped versions, the satellite didn’t, and the pairing quietly broke. Spent longer than I’d like to admit assuming the wrong device was the master before actually checking. Once both were back on the same firmware, re-pairing through the app took thirty seconds.
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Digital IC Design Engineer · Homelab Operator
Digital IC Design engineer with 20+ years of experience — design, verification, scripting, automation, LEC, LINT, SYN. Open to work in Japan/Singapore.
Off the clock I run a home network that’s grown well past reasonable size: a GB10 AI box, a mesh of UniFi and AmpliFi gear, three cameras streaming live, and a small fleet of always-on services that occasionally page me at 2am.