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What does the 6 mean? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I'm more confused now than before. I always knew what b, g, n and ac were, but now when people say Wifi 5 or Wifi 6 I don't know which of the standards it corresponds to.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Just count them, that's what I do. 1 is a, 2 is b, 3 is g, 4 is n, 5 is ac, 6 is ax.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    You want to be really confused then? Because b is WiFi 1 and a is WiFi 2. Everything else you said is correct though.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Wait, what? How could they do that? The first standard was wifi a, I was there 3000 years ago! These guys have no respect for history! /OldManYellsAtCloud

    Edit: it seems that b and a both came in 1999. Oh well.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They also weren’t compatible with each other. That was fun.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Ugh, yeah I still remember working at a school 20+ years ago trying to figure out why I couldn't connect to WiFi with a lab full of computers. Amazingly I feel like we're only just now at a point where WiFi is mature enough that a current system is basically the same experience as twisted pair.

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