Time to play with the new "toys"!
Time to play with the new "toys"!
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/09/europe_to_decide_if_6/
#HackerNews #Europe #WiFi #6GHz #CellularNetworks #TechPolicy #SharedSpectrum
Jan :rust: :ferris:
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Surprisingly useful device for #WiFi debugging: robot vacuum.
Roomba, Dreame (and probably others) make a map of WiFi signal strength.
Surprisingly useful device for #WiFi debugging: robot vacuum.
Roomba, Dreame (and probably others) make a map of WiFi signal strength.
I'm on the night train from Kolari to Helsinki, returning from a work gig. This is the longest distance direct train trip in Finland, covering most of the country. It lasts around 11+ hours with around 900km distance.
I've always wanted to take one of these trains, as most of the train is sleeper cabins. Check out mine!
The train's free wifi doesn't suck either. Naturally it fluctuates as we go, but they appear to have lines from all Finnish carriers, judging how my public IP's owner seems to change all the time.
I just ordered 3 MikroTik cAP AX as I need to test them. Now, I'm considering to sell one of the two Ruckus, but it's so expensive it won't be easy to sell it to one of my clients. Nobody of them needs one powerful device as many prefer more, scattered devices. Decentralization, wifi style - I taught them the right lesson.
The Ruckus is a beast and I love it. But the old cAP AC is reaching some remote points that the Ruckus can't reach. Weird, but true.
And I still have all the cabling I did during the 2020 Covid lockdown, just for fun.
Qui peut me dire comment on utilise une clé #wifi sous #debian ? J'ai acheté la clé, mais je ne sais pas comment l'utiliser, la notice dit d'utiliser le cd (mais y a pas de lecteur de cd...). Et en cherchant sur internet je ne trouve pas, ou alors en anglais et je n'ai pas le niveau anglais-informatique. #linux
…I mean we should definitely be ratcheting down our impetus of change right? And who better to listen to than a man who got rich making shit software
@urlyman Gates "shit software"
-- old-time acquaintance who worked in computers, to me:
"you even make your life hard for yourself by using Linux rather than Billgatesux " 🤣
He's got a point - even if the software sux, I still cant get perfectly good PC laptops to run either #bluetooth or #wifi because he had a "proprietary" firmware-driver deal with #Broadcom that's never been fully incorporated into the #linux system.
#BCM43142 wireless adapter. Fixes for earlier and other distro's dont seem to work down the line for me. Must be many other examples of this.
Sorry for flying off on this tangent on your thread.
As of this afternoon, my home Wi-Fi network is (once again) being managed by the old MikroTik Cap AC mounted on a wall. The last time I tried it, it worked well, but some peripheral areas seemed to have poor coverage (compared to the Ruckus r650 I normally use). I still have three of these MikroTiks, which were my access points about six years ago (and up until almost two years ago). With the wave2 drivers, just one of them now covers the entire house.
What amazes me is how a firmware update has revolutionized the device's experience. It consumes a fraction of the [power of the] Ruckus and, at the moment, it doesn't make me miss it.
Will I keep it running? Maybe not, at least not in the long run. I have the Ruckus; it probably wouldn't make sense to leave it switched off. Furthermore, when FTTH arrives, it will be a bottleneck. But the freedom these devices provide, even just at the scripting level, is truly remarkable.
Joel Michael
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deutrino
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$20 DIY WiFi dish punches through dense jungle (Plastic Bottle Village, Panama)
alcinnz
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WPA3 support for OpenBSD 802.11 wireless funded by NLNet Foundation https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251017070142 #openbsd #wifi #networking #wpa3 #security #nlnet #nlnetfoundation #funding #freesoftware #libresoftware
WPA3 support for OpenBSD 802.11 wireless funded by NLNet Foundation https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251017070142 #openbsd #wifi #networking #wpa3 #security #nlnet #nlnetfoundation #funding #freesoftware #libresoftware
peter hessler @openbsd
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