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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: About WiFi7
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:39:42 GMT
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On a sunny day (Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:44:44 -0400) it happened "Edward Rawde"
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>"Jan Panteltje" <alien@comet.invalid> wrote in message news:va98fq$1j36c$1@solani.org...
>> On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:09:56 -0400) it happened "Edward Rawde"
>> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>> <va7rd4$14gv$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>:
>>
>>>"Jan Panteltje" <alien@comet.invalid> wrote in message news:va78n1$1ifd7$1@solani.org...
>>>> About WiFi7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/communications/wireless/wifi/article/55132520/skyworks-solutions-what-is-wi-fi-7-and-why-does-it-matter
>>>>
>>>> Anybody using this?
>>>> https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/asus-rt-be58u-extendable-router-wifi-7-dual-band-aimesh-2-5g-poort/9300000183145514/
>>>>
>>>
>>>My WZR-1750DHP DD-WRT wireless access points (WiFi 5) work fine for mobile devices and likely will for years to come.
>>>
>>>Anything serious uses wires.
>>
>> Yes, lots of POE ethernet here
>> I have some Linksys routers / accesspoints too,
>> but WiFi is not really safe AFAIK, so it is off normally.
>
>Pretty much everything is on all the time here.
>Servers have to be or they won't be serving.
>And why would I want to wait while Windows says "You will not turn off your computer for half an hour while I update".
>Windows boxes which are mostly turned off invariably spend the next hour installing updates when they are turned on.
>
>Networks are safe if configured properly whether wired or wifi.
>While it's not likely that an unauthorized user will be able to get directly on my LAN, that does not by itself mean that they
>could 
>obtain information I don't want them to have.
>
>If you leave your systems off for anti hacking reasons then you have effectively caused a denial of service attack against
>yourself.

You do not need WiFi if you have ethernet cables installed