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