return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWi-Fi 7 quietly took off while everyone was looking at AIwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaremtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWe are at the 7 the iteration. A no half a mile range for my home modem?
minus-squareInktvip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIt does exist, its called 801.11ah or wifi HaLow That standard is mainly designed for things like IOT and wireless security cameras, but nothing stops you from getting an HaLow access point and network adapter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0BHnmi9j8
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=qF0BHnmi9j8 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squaremtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoBut it can’t be very useful if my smartphone doesn’t support it. I think it was designed for a different kind of use.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoMore bandwidth/speed requires higher frequencies, which means ever worse range as it can’t go through stuff like walls.
We are at the 7 the iteration. A no half a mile range for my home modem?
It does exist, its called 801.11ah or wifi HaLow
That standard is mainly designed for things like IOT and wireless security cameras, but nothing stops you from getting an HaLow access point and network adapter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0BHnmi9j8
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=qF0BHnmi9j8
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
But it can’t be very useful if my smartphone doesn’t support it. I think it was designed for a different kind of use.
More bandwidth/speed requires higher frequencies, which means ever worse range as it can’t go through stuff like walls.