Chatting with Chippies: Modifying TP-Link AX 1800 Firmware

About The Project Arch Cloud Labs projects in the past have tinkered in malware analysis and reverse engineering, but a goal of mine for 2025 was to get a deeper understanding of hardware. Now that 2025 is almost over, I was able to squeeze this blog post in right before it ends. This side project ultimately modifies the Windows driver installer of the TP-Link AX 1800. This is achieved by…