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1. 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:43 JST 翠星石

   • Ronnie21093
   • Pawlicker
   @PurpCat @Ronnie21093 >who is used to wifi just working on windows
   Yet another thing that doesn't happen.
   
   Wi-Fi is always shitty and unreliable on windows.
   
   I find ath9k cards on GNU/Linux very reliable (they always automatically reconnect after resume from suspend immediately too).
   
   
   If you plug a ath9k_htc USB card into an offline WC, you do not get Wi-Fi, as the piece of crap doesn't come with the driver and needs to download it over the internet.
   
   You plug the same card into Trisquel and it just works.
   
   
   My car is GNU/Car and it's better than yours, as it at least respects my freedom (it happens to been much faster than your proprietary prison too).
   • Taylan Kammer (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:38 JST Taylan Kammer

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Pawlicker
     @Suiseiseki @PurpCat @Ronnie21093
     
     tldr WiFi is layer 1, ethernet is layer 2
     nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: repeated this.
   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:39 JST 翠星石

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Pawlicker
     @Ronnie21093 @PurpCat >For me, Wi-Fi is connecting a device to the modem/gateway/ect wirelessly
     Computing is all abstraction.
     
     802.11n Wi-Fi for example is a specification that defines a wireless medium that encapsulates Ethernet packets that have the destination address in the header in another kind of packet that is similar to Ethernet for over-the-air transmission.
     
     When the Access Point receives the 802.11n packets, it throws away the wrappers and puts the packets together and then proceeds to route the Ethernet packet.
     
     
     1000BASE-T is a specification that defines a physical media that usually is 4 twisted pairs and 8P8C connectors and also the electrical signalling for transmitting Ethernet packets over the wire, which then gets routed.
     
     As a result, both protocols use the exact same Ethernet - the difference is the encoding mechanism and transmission medium.
     
     I personally differentiate between 802.11n and 1000BASE-T, as that gives the reader enough information to determine exactly what I mean.
   • Ronnie21093 (ronnie21093@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:40 JST Ronnie21093

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     • Pawlicker
     @Suiseiseki @PurpCat :zt_what: I think we've got our terms mixed up. For me, Wi-Fi is connecting a device to the modem/gateway/ect wirelessly while an Ethernet connects the device via a specific cable. I don't know what you're talking about
   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:41 JST 翠星石

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Pawlicker
     @Ronnie21093 @PurpCat Wi-Fi encapsulates Ethernet.
     
     I do use 1000BASE-T for desktops.
   • Ronnie21093 (ronnie21093@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:18:42 JST Ronnie21093

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     • Pawlicker
     @Suiseiseki @PurpCat Wi-Fi is shit anyways.
     Ethernet is the only way to go :zt_dab:
   • 翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 08:19:12 JST 翠星石

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     • Ronnie21093
     • Taylan Kammer
     • Pawlicker
     @taylan @PurpCat @Ronnie21093