u/Akki-1993

like routers / access points from TP-Link or Ubiquiti

obviously not esp32 type stuff

so what are they actually built on? i keep seeing Qualcomm / MediaTek mentioned but no idea what exact chips or boards people use

if i wanted to build something like

ethernet in ,wifi out

what would i even start with?

also how painful is the antenna/rf part in real life

is this doable or one of those “looks easy but actually very hard” things?