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GL-iNet GL-BE3600 · Deep Dive · 12 volumes

GL-iNet GL-BE3600

When the venue Wi-Fi is the threat model.

Wi-Fi 7 travel router — OpenWrt-based pentest/privacy platform for hotels, cafes, conferences.

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Volumes

  1. Vol 1 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 1 — Series Overview, the BE3600 in the GL-iNet Lineup, and the Travel-Kit Role What this router is, where it sits, what role it plays, with depth indices into Vols 2–12
  2. Vol 2 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 2 — Hardware: MT7986, Wi-Fi 7 Radios, 2.5 GbE Switch, OLED, Power Schematic-grade theory of operation: SoC, RF chain, switching, USB, OLED + Mode button, USB-C PD, antenna design
  3. Vol 3 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 3 — Firmware Architecture: GL-iNet OpenWrt, Admin Panel, LuCI, UCI Layered firmware stack from kernel to UI; the GL-iNet build vs upstream OpenWrt; package management and persistent state
  4. Vol 4 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 4 — Boot, Recovery, Flashing, and Custom Firmware U-Boot, the Reset-button recovery flow, sysupgrade, and the paths to pure OpenWrt / immortalwrt / dawn
  5. Vol 5 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 5 — Networking & Switch Architecture: DSA, VLAN, nftables, multi-WAN How packets actually move through the box: DSA topology, bridge VLAN filtering, firewall rules, mwan3
  6. Vol 6 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 6 — Wi-Fi 7 Specifics: 802.11be, MLO, 320 MHz, OFDMA, Regulatory What Wi-Fi 7 actually buys; MLO, channel widths, security (WPA3/SAE), DFS, regulatory domain handling
  7. Vol 7 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 7 — VPN Workflows: WireGuard, OpenVPN, Tor, Kill-Switch, Policy Routing VPN-at-the-edge patterns, kill-switch firewall rules, per-host policy routing, DNS leak prevention
  8. Vol 8 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 8 — Captive Portals, Repeater Mode, and Cloned-MAC Patterns Hotel/airport portal handling, MAC-cloning bypasses, repeater mode for Wi-Fi-only venues
  9. Vol 9 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 9 — Tethering, Cellular, and mwan3 Failover Android/iPhone tethering, LTE/5G dongles, modeswitch, the Mode-cycle button, and mwan3 cascade rules
  10. Vol 10 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 10 — Pentest, Survey, and Capture: kismet, tcpdump, suricata Using the router as a portable network-research platform; monitor mode, live capture, IDS
  11. Vol 11 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 11 — Operations, Power, and Travel-Kit Discipline Travel checklists, hotel/conference patterns, backup/restore, power budgeting, troubleshooting decision tree
  12. Vol 12 GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Volume 12 — Cheatsheet (the Laminate-Ready Field Card) One-pagers: defaults card, mode-cycle reference, common UCI commands, recovery quick-reference, field flow