Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz

Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz by kijin on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:12AM (#21967466)

Tell that to my fridge, which only supports 2.4GHz and which I have no plan to replace in the next 10 years.

Fortunately, the fact that some devices continue to use 2.4GHz does not reduce the bandwidth I have on my other network that is 5GHz. So I have no incentive to disable 2.4GHz anytime in the next 10 years, either.

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz by Krasnol on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:34AM (#21967573)

What are you using the internet access on your fridge for?

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz by kijin on Monday January 06, 2020 @06:48AM (#21968408)

According to the manufacturer, it sends diagnostic information and receives firmware updates. I'm not entirely sure that it's not snitching on my eating habits at the same time, though.

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz by cesarb on Monday January 06, 2020 @09:11AM (#21969206)

> According to the manufacturer, [...] receives firmware updates.

Why would a fridge, which should do nothing more than turning the compressor on and off according to its inside temperature, need firmware updates?

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz by Krasnol on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:24PM (#21970961)

I wonder how nobody takes this "feature" as negative. My first thought was: "My fridge doesn't need firmware updates and it does what it's supposed to do. What's wrong with this one?"

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