tal comments on TP-Link opens global preorders for its first Wi-Fi 8 router, but ban keeps it out of US market — US left off launch list as FCC freeze refuses to thaw

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 61 points 1 month ago (6 children)

first Wi-Fi 8 router

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_8

The standard is projected to be finalized in May 2028.

Anything that anyone is selling now as being "Wi-Fi 8" is at best a guess as to what Wi-Fi 8 will be along with (hopefully) later firmware updates.

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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

There's already a lot of issues on how each manufacturer is implementing WiFi 7. And several of the issues are a hardware level, so I very much doubt they'll be able to implement anything via firmware for wifi 8.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago*

(hopefully) firmware updates

yeah about that

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

That’s how it usually is. At this point the hardware necessary is figured out. The specs are not finalized but very u likely to change at this point. Any changes to the protocol are handled with firmware.

It’s really not a big deal.

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[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

If they maintain and update their firmware, which they're notoriously bad about doing.

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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

"pre-orders"

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

imagine preordering a consumer wifi router instead of going to the store and getting one. while there are no devices that can use it. who is this even for?

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