Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

  • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Why not? I prefer a hard wired connection over wifi where possible any day. The speeds are more than adequate for 99.9% of needs, it’s pretty secure, what’s not to like?

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      The speeds of wired ethernet are typically faster than wifi, and are consistantly more reliable.

      I’ve worked in RF for my entire career, and I’ll always recommend a wired solution as the best option unless the use case requires the hardware to be moving arbitrarily.

      • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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        10 months ago

        If it doesn’t move… it deserves a hard line. No point in spending precious wireless capacity on something that’s so well served by a cable.

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          10 months ago

          The amount of splitters I’d require and the cost of those splitters tends to be the thing that stops me from doing that

    • macrocephalic@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Tell me how you didn’t read the article…

      Wifi (802.11) is a type of ethernet. Ethernet is the communication specification not the medium.