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[–] ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 53 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The room next to where you installed it at home will still have problems getting more than 2 lines of WiFi.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 10 points 2 months ago

Just tear down this wall

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Not a bad thing honestly, whats nice about high frequencies is lower penetration. More access points, lower power, overall better signal and less interference. Line-of-sight microwave for covering distance.

Fun stuff

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am interested in knowing what's the bandwidth to transmission power ratio of the device. If it's low enough, it would be revolutionary for IoT devices.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah

347 Mbit/s maximum. (But don't expect that at 9.9 miles...)

The "WiFi HaLow"name itself indicates lower power usage than traditional Wifi, largely because it uses the 900MHz band instead of the 2.4/5/6GHz bands.

Likewise, it isn't compatible with existing WiFi client devices that don't operate at those bands.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You might want to look at LoRa

[–] philodendron@lemdro.id 4 points 2 months ago

Having this on a Wyze cam would be really interesting. 4mbps would be enough for 720p video…and at almost 10 miles??

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Looks like around 4Mbps link speed, so great for sensors and remote monitoring/controls and that kind of thing.

Sort of in between LoRa and normal Wifi.