yeah, i will investigate whether i can get my own non-wireless, ethernet only optical router

putting it inside the microwave and closing the door is effective... the wires are not being squashed that badly because of the way microwave doors at the bottom meet at a right angle of the base so there's no overlap or other ding pushing at them, it's working, no hotspot detected, that will do for now, not gonna use either the wifi or the microwave (for similar reasons)

the only thing to worry about is i need to put those antennas back on right, i didn't photograph them before unplugging them... i suppose their range will be simply not so good, as it's a 4 antenna MIMO array 

 but yes, if i had some alligator clips and wires attached to an earth pin on the power system it would kill the radios... i don't see how it could lead to current going into it unless my place got struck by lightning or something, current goes where the strongest positive potential exists, which is earth... it's also a hassle, the case comes apart with clips easy enough, but to put earth through to silence all those antennas would mean leaving the case open

this way now is safer, just put em inside a faraday cage, gone