• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    19 days ago

    The fact that this has USB type C as a option for powering it makes me very interested, but the fact that it does not have at least Wi-Fi 6E makes me not interested. So I think I will have to wait for version 2 of this.

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      19 days ago

      In the us at least, you cannot have 6ghz operation and connectorized antennae like this unit has

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      19 days ago

      Oh come on, don’t rock the router for not being the best access point. That’s not what it’s for.

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        19 days ago

        If I remember correctly, Wi-Fi 6E was finalized in like 2021 or 2022, and it’s 2024 and very close to 2025. So it should be about three years that Wi-Fi 6E has been in the wild. I only have 500 MBPS fiber anyway so I wouldn’t saturate the links but I do want the six gigahertz Wi-Fi band because if I’m going to buy a new router I’m going to probably keep it for like 10 years. I think I purchased my previous router in like 2019 and I’m still using it. My router is an appliance that I only replace when the damn thing breaks pretty much.

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          19 days ago

          I’m saying that your router and access point should be separate devices anyway, especially if you don’t want to replace said router.

          My router doesn’t have wireless at all. I have a dedicated WiFi 6 access point for that, if I want to go up to a newer standard I just replace the AP.

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            19 days ago

            Yeah, fair enough. I’m kind of an intermediate user, because when I think of Access Point and Router, I think of the same device. But yet, I’m definitely a big advocate of open source software and hardware. But I do not self-host very much.