Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords

Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by Kon-Peki on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:58PM (#30874419)

> So taking calls over wifi in a room full of people using wifi: you’re going to have a bad time

You aren't wrong [1], but at the same time you are missing that it is entirely possible to provision a wifi setup that can support a large number of devices in a small space. In an office setting, you should be incredulous if they don't have it right. But at home, with consumer networking gear (like the WSJ is talking about)? No way, ethernet is going to outperform it - it will be like night and day.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_domain

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Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by dijit on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:12AM (#30876165)

Thanks for clarifying the point, I'm sorry I didn't make it clearer.

WiFi devices can support many devices in small spaces, but you will have increased latency and diminishing returns on throughput for the reasons I mentioned.

Downvolting radios will only get you so far.

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Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by Kon-Peki on Friday April 01, 2022 @09:22AM (#30877811)

I can remember when most wired consumer gear were hubs, not switches. The network would become nearly unusable when you had even a tiny LAN gaming party. Now, I'm not sure that you can even buy an ethernet hub.

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