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I don't need lower latency, I need better congestion management. WiFi in busy areas (like airports) sucks.

IlikeKitties 1y ago
I recently torrented a movie on a airport wifi while waiting for a plane and it worked so well, even when walking around the airport to the plane. I was impressed.
- 2III7 1y ago
  Use a remote server for such vile behavior.
  - IlikeKitties 1y ago
    Nah, that's too much work, public wifi is great for that.
  - miyuru 1y ago
    can you explain why using torrents is vile behavior?
    - CuriousRose 1y ago
      Without a personal opinion one way or the other, I would assume the gripe is with congesting the public network as opposed to the choice of public domain documentaries you downloaded.
      - cheschire 1y ago
        “Linux ISOs”
      - IlikeKitties 1y ago
        Oh to be clear I illegally downloaded copyrighted works of major movie studios while they had just hit the streaming sites.
piva00 1y ago
I haven't encountered issues with airports' WiFi in many years, at least not the ones I fly from in Europe. What airports have you seen issues lately? It's one thing I haven't thought about in a long time.
throw0101a 1y ago
> WiFi in busy areas (like airports) sucks. This is part of what opening up the 6 GHz was about. But there are also provisions in newer standards like Target Wake Time: the client can be told to sleep for a while, not using radio spectrum (and also saving battery). * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Target_Wake_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Target_Wake_Time OFDMA allows multiple clients to use the same frequency at the same time (using sub-channels): * https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/antar1/2020/10/19/why-is-ofdma-a-magical-feature-in-80211ax-standard https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/antar1/2020/10/19/why-is-ofdm... * https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/stories/detail/201 https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/stories/detail/201
ChocolateGod 1y ago
They're not necessarily different things. Increased latency can happen as a result of congestion on the band.

I recently torrented a movie on a airport wifi while waiting for a plane and it worked so well, even when walking around the airport to the plane. I was impressed.

2III7 1y ago
Use a remote server for such vile behavior.
- IlikeKitties 1y ago
  Nah, that's too much work, public wifi is great for that.
- miyuru 1y ago
  can you explain why using torrents is vile behavior?
  - CuriousRose 1y ago
    Without a personal opinion one way or the other, I would assume the gripe is with congesting the public network as opposed to the choice of public domain documentaries you downloaded.
    - cheschire 1y ago
      “Linux ISOs”
    - IlikeKitties 1y ago
      Oh to be clear I illegally downloaded copyrighted works of major movie studios while they had just hit the streaming sites.

piva00 1y ago

I haven't encountered issues with airports' WiFi in many years, at least not the ones I fly from in Europe. What airports have you seen issues lately? It's one thing I haven't thought about in a long time.

throw0101a 1y ago

> WiFi in busy areas (like airports) sucks. This is part of what opening up the 6 GHz was about. But there are also provisions in newer standards like Target Wake Time: the client can be told to sleep for a while, not using radio spectrum (and also saving battery). * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Target_Wake_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Target_Wake_Time OFDMA allows multiple clients to use the same frequency at the same time (using sub-channels): * https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/antar1/2020/10/19/why-is-ofdma-a-magical-feature-in-80211ax-standard https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/antar1/2020/10/19/why-is-ofdm... * https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/stories/detail/201 https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/stories/detail/201

ChocolateGod 1y ago

They're not necessarily different things. Increased latency can happen as a result of congestion on the band.