The Archer 8 Ultra is launching across Europe and Australia, but the U.S. has given TP-Link the cold shoulder
  • tigermountain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I would say this is the key line in the headline and why I’m going to read the article: “but ban keeps it out of US market”. Yet nothing in the article tells me why it’s banned and instead I have to click a link in the article to find out? Is this article only meant for people who have been following the wireless router market for the last 6 months?

  • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’ll reach end-of-service before hitting store shelves and have unpatched security vulnerabilities anyway.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    considering tp-links response to firmware updates on supported hardware was “get fucked”, my only response to them is

    1000004002

  • naticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    We don’t even have proper consumer Wi-Fi 7 routers, why the hell do we need Wi-Fi 8? Wi-Fi 7 is supposed to support simultaneous multi-band connections per device and not a single consumer one does this. The most expensive ones out there will do this weird thing where it’ll communicate in a rapid alternating signal, but that’s still not proper. Even if they support 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz, and include multiple radio chips, they are giving us the shittiest Wi-Fi 7 experience.

    And that’s not even to talk about how “Wi-Fi 7” is the actual standard and some makes are skirting this by calling what they do “WiFi 7” simply so they can avoid false advertisement.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      And that’s not even to talk about how “Wi-Fi 7” is the actual standard and some makes are skirting this by calling what they do “WiFi 7” simply so they can avoid false advertisement.

      I would argue that that is still false advertising, because most people can’t tell the difference between “WiFi” and “Wi-Fi”. 😔

      • naticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Oh I completely agree, but in legal terms it actually works. Ridiculously stupid loophole.

        • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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          3 days ago

          That would not fly in Canadian courts, I honestly doubt it would in American one either.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    4 days ago

    first Wi-Fi 8 router

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_8

    The standard is projected to be finalized in May 2028.

    Anything that anyone is selling now as being “Wi-Fi 8” is at best a guess as to what Wi-Fi 8 will be along with (hopefully) later firmware updates.

    • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      There’s already a lot of issues on how each manufacturer is implementing WiFi 7. And several of the issues are a hardware level, so I very much doubt they’ll be able to implement anything via firmware for wifi 8.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 day ago

        imagine preordering a consumer wifi router instead of going to the store and getting one. while there are no devices that can use it. who is this even for?

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      That’s how it usually is. At this point the hardware necessary is figured out. The specs are not finalized but very u likely to change at this point. Any changes to the protocol are handled with firmware.

      It’s really not a big deal.