WiFi 7 is outdated already.

[drinkingbird]

60MHz

You know you'd call someone out over that typo

 

[drinkingbird]

Why doors, why walls? Why really practical?
The most important are the results in speed tests.

So in a few years the threads in here will be "I can only get 10gig when I hang upside down from the shower curtain rod".

And they'll still only be using it to check their email.

 

[L&LD]

I can see that few on this thread have the vision that the creators of this tech have.

'Something to keep an eye on' is a valid comment.

'This will never work' and other such examples in the posts above when the article gives actual examples of how it may work is just luddite thinking.

I thought this was a tech forum (no matter how narrowly focused we may be).

 

[L&LD]

Much like 802.11ad - the 60MHz stuff...

We all know where that landed...

Yes, and LiFi may land there too. But right now, I'd love to get to test those 224GB/s speeds without wires to all client devices.

Again, it's not the speed I care about. It's the proportionally (inverse) decrease in latency I care for.

 

[drinkingbird]

I can see that few on this thread have the vision that the creators of this tech have.

'Something to keep an eye on' is a valid comment.

'This will never work' and other such examples in the posts above when the article gives actual examples of how it may work is just luddite thinking.

I thought this was a tech forum (no matter how narrowly focused we may be).

Nobody is disagreeing that the tech may have a use. We're disagreeing with your statement that it has made Wifi 7 / RF based WIFI obsolete.

 

[Tech Junky]

Wifi is like anything else in tech. There's always a pipeline behind any release. We see it with CPU GPU TV etc. There's always something slightly better coming in 6 months or a year.

If you want less latency it starts with the device you're using not the network it's connecting to. Something as simple as the driver can cause issues. Maybe a bad batch of cards that have an issue. Could be your system is ancient. Might be a faulty antenna or connector. Maybe you configured or didn't enable that option that unlocks higher speeds.

 

[L&LD]

Nobody is disagreeing that the tech may have a use. We're disagreeing with your statement that it has made Wifi 7 / RF based WIFI obsolete.

Actually, almost everyone is.

I never stated WiFi 7 is obsolete.

Outdated. Before it really launched.

Not the same thing.

 

[sfx2000]

'Something to keep an eye on' is a valid comment.

Don't look into the light

Seriously though, I think we're are all on the same page - there are use cases for technology like 11bb, just as there are for WiGig...

Everything from Wireless Docking Stations to VR/AR headset usage - I can think of other use cases as well - point to point connectivity via Windows WiFi-Direct (or Google's Casting or Apple's AWDL) - moving 8K video off a camera to a laptop/desktop workstation is a good use-case - again, these are not general purpose uses, but having the kind of bandwidth available isn't a bad thing...

 

[L&LD]

Seriously though, this is infrared. Not LASER. Correct? Why are people assuming the worst here?

 

[sfx2000]

Seriously though, this is infrared. Not LASER. Correct? Why are people assuming the worst here?

Perhaps you are taking it too seriously - didn't you see the grin emoji

 

[drinkingbird]

Seriously though, this is infrared. Not LASER. Correct? Why are people assuming the worst here?

ZX fiber uses infrared LEDs. Not something you want to stare into.

Obviously this is lower power, but focused IR light does have potential health risks. Heck all this RF around us is not healthy either, but I at least want to be able to see while I'm dying of cancer

 

[L&LD]

Okay, but this isn't Fibre either.

 

[Christos]

We could have some spots in the house where high speed light-based internet is available and then roam to other places using Wifi.
Today if we need higher speed, we sit next to the router. It is similar.

 

[drinkingbird]

We could have some spots in the house where high speed light-based internet is available and then roam to other places using Wifi.
Today if we need higher speed, we sit next to the router. It is similar.

I never sit next to my router, I'm 2 rooms away and can push 500M+ on AC 5ghz.

Roaming on RF is bad enough, roaming between two totally different technologies is going to be a nightmare. I hope they've implemented some good seamless roaming like MLO by then.

 

[coxhaus]

I don't sit next to my router either as it is in a closet. I have multiple APs in every heavily used room so I can have high through put.
I have a couple of 1201Mbps connections but not through 2 walls.
This is all I have running this morning. I have seen 9 ax devices before.

 

[L&LD]

802.11bb is now Standard.

When will ASUS release 802.11bb routers?😴 https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.11bb/10823/ We can only use that from this company for now. https://www.purelifi.com/global-lifi-firms-welcome-the-release-of-ieee-802-11bb-global-light-communications-standard/ So, your sperm is safe from now on.;)

www.snbforums.com

 

[Amplifier]

Wow, such negativity! Did anyone read the links/see the video

I know right?
How can one see ideas of others? Impossible things? While using the current tech, yet not being able to even recreate it, because not everyone has a magic wand, right?

Having eyes to see, and ears to hear, yet not comprehend. Corrupted firmware or not advanced enough? Where is the link for an update to be able to process inputs?

When AP of the mind has isolation enabled. Electromagnetic spectrum doesn't exist.
World will be wired with transatlantic communications cable, ludicrous.

Consumer and inventor get lost in a forest.
Consumer, has fear pulled over their eyes, starts to scream. Hears echo, wireless signal seems like a good idea. Energy is wasted. Trapped.

Inventor, takes the remaining light of the day through his eyes, into his mind. Transfers that power through his hands into two wooden sticks, rubs them together. Transfers light through his wired body into the wireless fire. Warm, calm. Tomorrow, inventor will upgrade their beacon onto a vantage point. So others can receive the signal better and farther.

 

[vlord]

Makes sense with specific applications where uninterrupted line of sight between transmitters and devices is possible (e.g. they mention VR) but for replacement in a walled environment? In the outdoors? In spaces with multiple obstructions? They talk about transmitters in light fixtures... how would you get the signal there in the first place? Seems you'd need too many or it would be sad losing signal by turning away from the source. Pretty skeptical this will make wifi obsolete in its current form.

House of mirrors!

 

[Galaad]

Li-Fi vs Wi-Fi: Could this bleeding-edge tech make your next router as fast as light?

IEEE 802.11bb paves the way for lightning-fast networking.

www.windowscentral.com

100x Faster Than Wi-Fi: Li-Fi, Light-Based Networking Standard Released

Proponents boast that 802.11bb is 100 times faster than Wi-Fi and more secure.

www.tomshardware.com

This is something to keep an eye on.

Actally is kind of old.

Maybe 7 or 8 years ago there was some people doing it. I remember calling companies in order to see if i could install that and it was really really expensive but also my iphone or any other device wasnt ready so you had to add a dongle or something like that.

Im sure its old because in those days i was using Apple Time machines as my router in the early days of mesh

 

[drinkingbird]

Actally is kind of old.

Maybe 7 or 8 years ago there was some people doing it. I remember calling companies in order to see if i could install that and it was really really expensive but also my iphone or any other device wasnt ready so you had to add a dongle or something like that.

Im sure its old because in those days i was using Apple Time machines as my router in the early days of mesh

They've been testing it for years (as well as freespace optics which is very similar but more for point to point stuff). The difference is now it is draft standard or standard (forget which).