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Originally Posted by Sirius
Indeed it did but 5ghz was not selected as standard as 2.4ghz was standard and you could have one or the other, most users i feel would not even have known that it had 5ghz as an option. Now you get both at the same time and you can connect to both if you have the right adapter. Thats why i say it will increase the use of the 5ghz band.
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Not all wireless equipment is 5Ghz compatible, which is probably why 2.4 was left as the default (And why nobody would dare suggest switching to 5Ghz during a support call).
Still, if everyone in the country switched over to 5Ghz tomorrow, there'd still be a significant improvement just thanks to the nature of 5Ghz alone - it has less penetration than 2.4Ghz, which sounds bad but it also means that your neighbours connections will interfere a lot less. Also things like baby monitors and microwaves, which have been known to cause interference on 2.4Ghz, should have much less of an impact.
A weird side-effect (for me, anyway) of running both at once is that you get a sort of cross-over point whereby your 2.4Ghz network and 5Ghz network's signal strength overlaps.
Although it is nice browsing nearby networks and only seeing one 5Ghz one - mine!
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Originally Posted by MJPS
Hi guys
Is there any move at all towards ipv6?
I'm not expecting VM to switch over anytime soon but Six In Tunnel (SIT) would be nice.
I'm happy that the wireless has been sorted out.  |
The last I heard, VM were investigating it but nothing solid had been released yet. I wouldn't expect anything any time soon as VM aren't running out of IP addresses for a while. If and when it does happen, I'd imagine there'll be a lot of trials first before it's rolled out nationally.
Still, it would be nice to have native IPv6.
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An lets face it, it can't get any more crowded than 2.4ghz and that works fine for 99% of everyone.
