Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago6 GHz Wi-Fi 'exhaustion' may soon slow Wi-Fi in apartmentswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link6 GHz Wi-Fi 'exhaustion' may soon slow Wi-Fi in apartmentswww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoMight be a first world problem, but I can’t put up enough access points even for 5 GHz. Most of our devices default to 2.4 GHz. Otherwise the connection is super unstable, even just one room over. Are you supposed to put two in each room with 6 GHz?
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoCould this be linked to the size of your walls and the exact “line” towards the router? I have some locations in the family apartment where only 2.4 GHz works (two walls).
Might be a first world problem, but I can’t put up enough access points even for 5 GHz. Most of our devices default to 2.4 GHz. Otherwise the connection is super unstable, even just one room over. Are you supposed to put two in each room with 6 GHz?
Could this be linked to the size of your walls and the exact “line” towards the router?
I have some locations in the family apartment where only 2.4 GHz works (two walls).