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Kinda late seeing this post now, but anyway, basically nothing.
Well, OK, something special, but I haven't even realized it was valentine's day. I received 2 packages with following items: Linksys WRT160NL, Linksys WRT54GL, 2 Heltec LoRa 32 V3 boards with case.
First I flashed the WRT54GL with stock firmware (4.30.12) as I just wanted to have it, not really use that anymore. 4.30.12 is the oldest firmware I could find for it unfortunately, as 4.30.12 discontinued the EasyLink Advisor (edit: only LELA v1.6, sorry). But at least it has the old Linksys UI.
The WRT160NL I flashed with newest version of DD-WRT. I also accidentally broke off the remaining fragile plastic clips when opening it up, but there's still 4 screws to hold it together. I don't even know why those clips had to be there anyway. Oh well.
I got both for €0.05 in an auction :)
The Heltec LoRa 32 V3 boards I flashed with Meshtastic firmware, and that's what I was playing with for rest of the day. So far I only tried range of the Short Fast preset, and as expected, it's almost none. It can go through like 2 or 3 brick walls and I got a contact from it at 150m. Well, I guess that's impressive enough, but it's time to test Long Fast (default) and then even the Very Long Slow or perhaps try some manual settings.
Still though, the only person I can message is myself, as usual...