Sunshine (she/her) to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down14
arrow-up1583arrow-down1external-linkOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comSunshine (she/her) to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarerandombullet@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·11 hours agoI still don’t understand why this isn’t a 2.5G WAN and 2.5G LAN. Is it assuming that people are going to be using it as a router on a stick with a 1G WAN?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoI can’t tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.
minus-squaredXq9dwg4zt@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 hours agoWAN = Wide Area Network WLAN = Wireless Area Network
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoWide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 minutes agoI know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agomost likely because this device is mainly for wifi use, and/or limitation of the SoC.
I still don’t understand why this isn’t a 2.5G WAN and 2.5G LAN. Is it assuming that people are going to be using it as a router on a stick with a 1G WAN?
I can’t tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.
WAN = Wide Area Network
WLAN = Wireless Area Network
Wide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
I know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
most likely because this device is mainly for wifi use, and/or limitation of the SoC.