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What does the 6 mean? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by favrion@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] naticus@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You want to be really confused then? Because b is WiFi 1 and a is WiFi 2. Everything else you said is correct though.

[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Wait, what? How could they do that? The first standard was wifi a, I was there 3000 years ago! These guys have no respect for history! /OldManYellsAtCloud

Edit: it seems that b and a both came in 1999. Oh well.

[–] anlumo@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They also weren’t compatible with each other. That was fun.

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ugh, yeah I still remember working at a school 20+ years ago trying to figure out why I couldn't connect to WiFi with a lab full of computers. Amazingly I feel like we're only just now at a point where WiFi is mature enough that a current system is basically the same experience as twisted pair.