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WifiNigel
Personal blog · wifinigel.blogspot.comsystemshardware
WifiNigel is a personal blog at wifinigel.blogspot.com about systems and hardware. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The blog covers Wi-Fi and wireless networking. The only comment is a technical note on 2.4GHz beacon rates in the context of Verizon's cellular tech and Wi-Fi interference, and it does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
That's true. Most 2.4GHz networks beacon at 1Mbps, which is because they are typically configured for compatibility down to 802.11b and beacons are transmitted at the lowest enabled speed. Here [1] somebody collected measurements of time eaten by beacons at few configurations. Not a complete disaster, but still somewhat significant. For example, at the place where I am now, I'm receiving 67 beacons per second (all a…
Comment linking /2013/08/its-well-known-rule-of-thumb-when.html
on “Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi”Submitted The 5GHz “Problem” for Wi-Fi Networks: DFS (2018) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5GHz Unlicensed WiFi Channels in the UK – White Paper as a story · 2 points
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