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The form factor isn't the issue. The person you replied to was referencing the claims Valve made that they went through a lot of testing to ensure that the SSD

The form factor isn't the issue. The person you replied to was referencing the claims Valve made that they went through a lot of testing to ensure that the SSD chosen didn't interfere with other components in terms of EM interference. The WiFi module is underneath the SSD for example. You say that this model has been used fine for months, can you clarify if you're talking about the specific 2TB SSD which framework is selling or 2230 SSDs in general? My primary concern would be making the fragile and unreliable WiFi chip in the deck even more fragile and unreliable.

jackmott42 4y ago
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Hamuko 4y ago
My Steam Deck almost never works on my 5 Ghz network. And even on the 2.4 Ghz network it randomly says that it can't connect to Steam servers. I wonder how more worse it could get with an aftermarket SSD.
- rwky 4y ago
  If you've got WPA3 enabled on your router try disabling that. I've found a few devices which don't play well with it. If that doesn't help could be a hardware issue.
  - Terretta 4y ago
    Sounds a lot like "Having trouble multi-player video gaming? Try disabling your firewall." "Just turn off modern but now industry-standard security" is almost never the right answer. More background: "By far, the biggest leap forward in WiFi security from WPA2 to WPA3 is seen on the Personal class of networks that use passphrases." https://securityuncorked.com/2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-wpa3/ https://securityuncorked.com/2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-w... Or more of a summary: https://themescene.tv/blog/wpa2-vs-wpa3/ https://themescene.tv/blog/wpa2-vs-wpa3/ Of course, turning it off at network level depends whether you care, but preferably leave it on for your devices. Finally, generally good advice for how your WiFi network should be configured: https://support.apple.com/en-kw/HT202068 https://support.apple.com/en-kw/HT202068
    - zamadatix 4y ago
      Nobody is debating whether it offers more features the issue is some clients currently have devastating firmware/driver issues when using WPA3 that make it completely unusable so it's worth trying it out and seeing if that's the cause or not, no? Unfortunately if it is this is not something the user can fix like simply managing the firewall properly so you may choose to disable it for now in that case. That's fine, particularly for home WPA2 PSK networks where the only risks mitigated are someone DDOSing you off the Wi-Fi (which they can do without management frames via interference anyways) and someone getting your passkey and then decrypting past recorded traffic (future traffic is still a risk even with SAE, they can spoof being your SAE SSID and if your client connects to it you're sending all your data to your attacker, just extra securely now). In the future there may be other problems discovered with WPA2 but it's by no means considered insecure yet. Anothing thing to try for 5 GHz issues (again, not to be taken as "do this everywhere all the time and just leave it that way regardless if it helps") is try non-DFS channels. They may normally be more open but devices sometimes still have problems with them and the regulatory requirements around what happens when there is interference in certain areas.
- xaqfox 4y ago
  My Amplifi wifi started working with my Steam Deck when I lowered the 5 GHz frequency to 20MHz (I was otherwise stuck working around the issue by using a slower 2.4 GHz SSID).

jackmott42 4y ago

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Hamuko 4y ago

My Steam Deck almost never works on my 5 Ghz network. And even on the 2.4 Ghz network it randomly says that it can't connect to Steam servers. I wonder how more worse it could get with an aftermarket SSD.

rwky 4y ago
If you've got WPA3 enabled on your router try disabling that. I've found a few devices which don't play well with it. If that doesn't help could be a hardware issue.
- Terretta 4y ago
  Sounds a lot like "Having trouble multi-player video gaming? Try disabling your firewall." "Just turn off modern but now industry-standard security" is almost never the right answer. More background: "By far, the biggest leap forward in WiFi security from WPA2 to WPA3 is seen on the Personal class of networks that use passphrases." https://securityuncorked.com/2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-wpa3/ https://securityuncorked.com/2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-w... Or more of a summary: https://themescene.tv/blog/wpa2-vs-wpa3/ https://themescene.tv/blog/wpa2-vs-wpa3/ Of course, turning it off at network level depends whether you care, but preferably leave it on for your devices. Finally, generally good advice for how your WiFi network should be configured: https://support.apple.com/en-kw/HT202068 https://support.apple.com/en-kw/HT202068
  - zamadatix 4y ago
    Nobody is debating whether it offers more features the issue is some clients currently have devastating firmware/driver issues when using WPA3 that make it completely unusable so it's worth trying it out and seeing if that's the cause or not, no? Unfortunately if it is this is not something the user can fix like simply managing the firewall properly so you may choose to disable it for now in that case. That's fine, particularly for home WPA2 PSK networks where the only risks mitigated are someone DDOSing you off the Wi-Fi (which they can do without management frames via interference anyways) and someone getting your passkey and then decrypting past recorded traffic (future traffic is still a risk even with SAE, they can spoof being your SAE SSID and if your client connects to it you're sending all your data to your attacker, just extra securely now). In the future there may be other problems discovered with WPA2 but it's by no means considered insecure yet. Anothing thing to try for 5 GHz issues (again, not to be taken as "do this everywhere all the time and just leave it that way regardless if it helps") is try non-DFS channels. They may normally be more open but devices sometimes still have problems with them and the regulatory requirements around what happens when there is interference in certain areas.
xaqfox 4y ago
My Amplifi wifi started working with my Steam Deck when I lowered the 5 GHz frequency to 20MHz (I was otherwise stuck working around the issue by using a slower 2.4 GHz SSID).