▲ 360 ▼ Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children) Eh, IoT devices typically use 2.4ghz, or even 933mhz... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah IoT devices don't need bandwith, they need range (at low powers) and those lower frequencies get them that. 6ghz wifi has pretty small range and is awful for IoT stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Right, I figured they meant in order to make room. There’s too much cluttering 2.4 — zigbee, zwave, bluetooth, IO peripherals, microwave ovens, cordless handsets, walkies, and more. WRT general WiFi traffic, in dense residential settings 2.4 is often only used for initial client device handshake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I kinda meant for like future products when AR and VR combine with IoT products, but if those can work on lower ranges with those 6 Ghz devices, then great... but VR and AR will definitely need 6 GHz to be more useful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah IoT devices don't need bandwith, they need range (at low powers) and those lower frequencies get them that. 6ghz wifi has pretty small range and is awful for IoT stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Right, I figured they meant in order to make room. There’s too much cluttering 2.4 — zigbee, zwave, bluetooth, IO peripherals, microwave ovens, cordless handsets, walkies, and more. WRT general WiFi traffic, in dense residential settings 2.4 is often only used for initial client device handshake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Right, I figured they meant in order to make room. There’s too much cluttering 2.4 — zigbee, zwave, bluetooth, IO peripherals, microwave ovens, cordless handsets, walkies, and more. WRT general WiFi traffic, in dense residential settings 2.4 is often only used for initial client device handshake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I kinda meant for like future products when AR and VR combine with IoT products, but if those can work on lower ranges with those 6 Ghz devices, then great... but VR and AR will definitely need 6 GHz to be more useful. permalink fedilink source parent