Tony Bark to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days agoSenate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fiarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down12
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minus-square@chiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish48•4 days agoIt’s a bad band for cellular. It’s short-range and shit at penetration. It’s really not even that good for wifi unless you’re close or have a mesh network with APs all over the building.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish13•4 days agoBecause of its shortcomings as a communication bandwidth, it’s really, really good at cell-based positioning.
minus-squareCousin MoselinkfedilinkEnglish11•4 days ago mesh network Or traditional network with Ethernet backhaul and lots of access points. I really wish mesh networks would die off honestly.
minus-square@curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish11•4 days agoLike anything else, they have their place. But they’ve been shoved into use cases they dont fit as well.
minus-square@chiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 days agoSometimes re-wiring a house or building isn’t as practical as setting up a mesh network that’s good-enough.
minus-square@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days agoMesh should be an option of last resort. It reduces the speed and increases the latency quite a bit. The only thing worse is power line networking, which has the side effect of turning your whole house into an RF jammer.
It’s a bad band for cellular. It’s short-range and shit at penetration.
It’s really not even that good for wifi unless you’re close or have a mesh network with APs all over the building.
Because of its shortcomings as a communication bandwidth, it’s really, really good at cell-based positioning.
Or traditional network with Ethernet backhaul and lots of access points. I really wish mesh networks would die off honestly.
Like anything else, they have their place. But they’ve been shoved into use cases they dont fit as well.
Sometimes re-wiring a house or building isn’t as practical as setting up a mesh network that’s good-enough.
Mesh should be an option of last resort. It reduces the speed and increases the latency quite a bit. The only thing worse is power line networking, which has the side effect of turning your whole house into an RF jammer.