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Wi-Fi 8 won't be faster, but will be better - more details emerge just hours after Wi-Fi 7 protocols are officially ratified (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I hate the local ISP who hands out “free range extenders” as a promo. They all broadcast at 100% and use 80mhz channels. I pick up something like 150 networks in my house, which is just ridiculous.

Then add in the garbage chip in my laptop… ugh. Channel sharing can’t come too soon.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I know.

    Add to that "secret" repeaters. Take for example the Amazon Echo Chime. Combination Smart doorbell speaker/802.11n repeater (2.4GHz only).

    You connect to that, good luck.

    Oh and people installing repeaters not knowing how they work, putting them someplace with a piss-poor signal and putting their computer next to it, thinking it will be better now that they have "full" signal. Their laptop may have a strong signal to the repeater, but the repeater to the AP is weak, so everything connected to the repeater is weak.

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