I have a Fritz!Box 7530, supplied by my ISP, and until now I have used its wifi provision to meet my needs. But a recent OS update means it now doesn't so I'm looking at alternatives. I'm fairly ignorant about wifi so I'd welcome suggestions. I'm somewhat paranoid about being attacked from the wider Internet, and in particular about attacks on wifi IOT devices (i.e. their firmware) which then lead to further attacks on the rest of my systems from the IOT devices. So I like to do two things: (1) keep my wifi devices on a separate subnet than my main wired network (2) prevent my wifi devices from accessing the Internet, where possible The 7530 assists with goal (1) by having a guest wifi network that uses a different subnet from the main wired network and 'main' wifi network. So I put all my wifi devices on the guest network and don't use the 'main' wifi network. Until recently the 7530 also assisted with goal (2) by allowing me to assign different 'profiles' to different devices on the guest wifi network. So my mobile phones do have permission to access the Internet, but most other devices (smart plugs, cameras etc) do not. But a recent OS update removed this ability. Now all devices on the guest network have to use the same profile. (it seems that existing devices keep the profiles they had, but new ones all get the same). I've talked to AVM but they won't fix the regression and I've talked to my ISP who say there's nothing they can do. So now I'm considering possibilities. The favourite at the moment is to buy another device (router? AP? I don't know what its called) that Ican wire into my main network and can establish a new wifi network that I can control better, and move all my devices to that. But I don't know what devices will allow me to do that, or which is best? Help! Please.
On 2023-04-20 07:47, Dave Howorth wrote:
So now I'm considering possibilities. The favourite at the moment is to buy another device (router? AP? I don't know what its called) that Ican wire into my main network and can establish a new wifi network that I can control better, and move all my devices to that. But I don't know what devices will allow me to do that, or which is best?
What I have is a separate firewall/router and access point. I run pfSense on a mini PC, with 4 Ethernet ports. I have a Unifi AC-Lite access point. One advantage to having separate devices is the AP can be placed in the best location. You can also have more than one, should your home be big enough to need it. PfSense is a very powerful firewall & router. The router even supports routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP, With it, you can have as many LANs and VLANs as you want and they can be isolated or connected as you desire.
On 2023-04-20 13:47, Dave Howorth wrote:
So now I'm considering possibilities. The favourite at the moment is to buy another device (router? AP? I don't know what its called) that Ican wire into my main network and can establish a new wifi network that I can control better, and move all my devices to that. But I don't know what devices will allow me to do that, or which is best?
Any AP that does routing will do. It needs to have DHCP. For example, I have an "Asus RT-N12D1". it can be set in "Wireless router mode" (default), "AP mode", or "repeater mode". I have it in AP mode, you would need "router mode". In AP mode it does have a guest setting, but it doesn't assign a different LAN to it. But devices would have internet access the instant you define (or it finds) the default gateway. This instant I don't see how to disable it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2023-04-20 08:50, Carlos E. R. wrote:
But devices would have internet access the instant you define (or it finds) the default gateway. This instant I don't see how to disable it.
In a proper router, such as pfSense, you can completely block a subnet from accessing the Internet or any other part of your network. However, services such as DHCP or DNS are still available, should you decide to allow them.
Dave Howorth wrote:
(1) keep my wifi devices on a separate subnet than my main wired network
I go one slight step further, I divide into three groups a) known wifi devices (our own laptops, raspi, mobiles, tabs etc) b) unknown wifi devices (everybodyelses ditto) c) iot devices and give them each their subnet.
(2) prevent my wifi devices from accessing the Internet, where possible
By default my group (c) has no access.
The 7530 assists with goal (1) by having a guest wifi network that uses a different subnet from the main wired network and 'main' wifi network.
I think that has become the defacto standard, more or less. My TP-link devices supposedly also support multi-SSID, but .... grmble.
Until recently the 7530 also assisted with goal (2) by allowing me to assign different 'profiles' to different devices on the guest wifi network. So my mobile phones do have permission to access the Internet, but most other devices (smart plugs, cameras etc) do not. But a recent OS update removed this ability. Now all devices on the guest network have to use the same profile. (it seems that existing devices keep the profiles they had, but new ones all get the same). I've talked to AVM but they won't fix the regression and I've talked to my ISP who say there's nothing they can do.
That's certainly annoying. The profiles remain, but the management has been reduced. No option of going back to the previous firmware ? How about using the main and the guest network both? Assign your mobile phones and other "regular" devices to the main SSID, everything else on the guest SSID ?
So now I'm considering possibilities. The favourite at the moment is to buy another device (router? AP? I don't know what its called) that Ican wire into my main network and can establish a new wifi network that I can control better, and move all my devices to that. But I don't know what devices will allow me to do that, or which is best?
Okay, so you are keeping the 7530 as your A/VDSL router, but you want to move the wifi functionality to a separate box. There is plenty of choice, but I don't know of one that permits multiple profiles and assigning device to them. (other than per SSID). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.1°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 09:26, Per Jessen wrote:
a) known wifi devices (our own laptops, raspi, mobiles, tabs etc) b) unknown wifi devices (everybodyelses ditto) c) iot devices
I have a main and guest WiFi, which match your a & b. I also have a test LAN, on it's own Ethernet port and a Cisco 2600 series router on it's own port. I have no IoT stuff, though in my work, I have set up security cameras on an isolated LAN.
Thanks for your replies everybody :) On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:26:30 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
(1) keep my wifi devices on a separate subnet than my main wired network
I go one slight step further, I divide into three groups
a) known wifi devices (our own laptops, raspi, mobiles, tabs etc) b) unknown wifi devices (everybodyelses ditto) c) iot devices
and give them each their subnet.
Yes, I could do that if my hardware supported it.
(2) prevent my wifi devices from accessing the Internet, where possible
By default my group (c) has no access.
The 7530 assists with goal (1) by having a guest wifi network that uses a different subnet from the main wired network and 'main' wifi network.
I think that has become the defacto standard, more or less. My TP-link devices supposedly also support multi-SSID, but .... grmble.
Until recently the 7530 also assisted with goal (2) by allowing me to assign different 'profiles' to different devices on the guest wifi network. So my mobile phones do have permission to access the Internet, but most other devices (smart plugs, cameras etc) do not. But a recent OS update removed this ability. Now all devices on the guest network have to use the same profile. (it seems that existing devices keep the profiles they had, but new ones all get the same). I've talked to AVM but they won't fix the regression and I've talked to my ISP who say there's nothing they can do.
That's certainly annoying. The profiles remain, but the management has been reduced. No option of going back to the previous firmware ?
The OS on the 7530 is updated by my ISP, so no. Presumably their main focus on keeping the security up to date, which I don't object to!
How about using the main and the guest network both? Assign your mobile phones and other "regular" devices to the main SSID, everything else on the guest SSID ?
I know I have to trust Apple to some extent, but that would mean trusting them and the apps on my main network. Plus visitors' phones also need Internet access but I certainly don't want them on my main network.
So now I'm considering possibilities. The favourite at the moment is to buy another device (router? AP? I don't know what its called) that Ican wire into my main network and can establish a new wifi network that I can control better, and move all my devices to that. But I don't know what devices will allow me to do that, or which is best?
Okay, so you are keeping the 7530 as your A/VDSL router, but you want to move the wifi functionality to a separate box.
Yes that's the idea.
There is plenty of choice, but I don't know of one that permits multiple profiles and assigning device to them. (other than per SSID).
It doesn't have to be profiles, although that seems to be convenient, but surely you can adjust the access rights of devices on the network? Then again, if I had a device that could set up multiple SSIDs then I could assign devices to the relevant SSID. Of the devices the others mentioned, the Unifi AC-Lite doesn't seem to be available in the UK yet, and the RT-N12D1 is no longer available. But neither seem to support wifi 6, which seems like a sensible capability to look for? I don't even know which brands to look at, if there are some better ones. I also don't really want to spend too much.
Dave Howorth wrote:
That's certainly annoying. The profiles remain, but the management has been reduced. No option of going back to the previous firmware ?
The OS on the 7530 is updated by my ISP, so no. Presumably their main focus on keeping the security up to date, which I don't object to!
Makes sense.
How about using the main and the guest network both? Assign your mobile phones and other "regular" devices to the main SSID, everything else on the guest SSID ?
I know I have to trust Apple to some extent, but that would mean trusting them and the apps on my main network. Plus visitors' phones also need Internet access but I certainly don't want them on my main network.
Maybe there is a way of setting up a third SSID (with its own profile) on your 7530 ?
There is plenty of choice, but I don't know of one that permits multiple profiles and assigning device to them. (other than per SSID).
It doesn't have to be profiles, although that seems to be convenient, but surely you can adjust the access rights of devices on the network?
I have 5-6 access points - Netgear, D-Link, TP-Link - none of them have any means of adjusting access rights for individual devices. I do my restrictions in my firewall. None of those APs are particularly new though, they're all five years or more.
Then again, if I had a device that could set up multiple SSIDs then I could assign devices to the relevant SSID.
Yes, that was also my next thought, but you would have to find a way of restricting their access.
Of the devices the others mentioned, the Unifi AC-Lite doesn't seem to be available in the UK yet, and the RT-N12D1 is no longer available. But neither seem to support wifi 6, which seems like a sensible capability to look for? I don't even know which brands to look at, if there are some better ones. I also don't really want to spend too much.
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE. Wifi6 - yep, seems like a good idea. 5GHz - I would vote for that too, but you can get some very affordable devices with 2.4GHz only. (Zyxel WAP3205 for instance, here only SFr35). Sorry it's not a lot of help, but maybe at least some inspiration. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.9°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 11:13, Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
PoE injectors are cheap. However, you could buy an AP that comes with one, such as my Unifi AC-Lite. One advantage to PoE is you don't have to worry about having AC power handy.
James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 11:13, Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
PoE injectors are cheap.
Yep, but roughly the same price as a separate power supply :-)
However, you could buy an AP that comes with one, such as my Unifi AC-Lite. One advantage to PoE is you don't have to worry about having AC power handy.
Absolutely - in the office, we have PoE switches installed, but only 100Mbit (for telephones mostly). I'm not keen on upgrading to 1Gbit PoE switches, I haven't even looked at the prices. For the iot access points, I could well imagine going for a PoE access point though. It depends on the price. afaict, PoE is still mostly/only for professional use, so the devices are given a decent price hike to match. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.5°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 11:55, Per Jessen wrote:
Absolutely - in the office, we have PoE switches installed, but only 100Mbit (for telephones mostly). I'm not keen on upgrading to 1Gbit PoE switches, I haven't even looked at the prices. For the iot access points, I could well imagine going for a PoE access point though. It depends on the price
My AP is mounted on my laundry room ceiling. You don't need a PoE switch, unless you're going to have more than a couple of PoE devices. My AP came with an injector and it's the only PoE device I have.
James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 11:55, Per Jessen wrote:
Absolutely - in the office, we have PoE switches installed, but only 100Mbit (for telephones mostly). I'm not keen on upgrading to 1Gbit PoE switches, I haven't even looked at the prices. For the iot access points, I could well imagine going for a PoE access point though. It depends on the price
My AP is mounted on my laundry room ceiling. You don't need a PoE switch, unless you're going to have more than a couple of PoE devices. My AP came with an injector and it's the only PoE device I have.
Office: I have quite a few more - first and foremost telephones. (Linksys/Cisco). Home: I have five APs - partially because of how poor TP-link APs are, partially because of distances, partially because the house is built with reinforced concrete. Main house - two APs. My lab has one AP, my office has one AP and a third one in the roof for outdoors. Oh, I forgot, an extra Netgear for iot, because the current tp-link devices have trouble with doing 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.0°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 12:29, Per Jessen wrote:
Home: I have five APs - partially because of how poor TP-link APs are, partially because of distances, partially because the house is built with reinforced concrete. Main house - two APs. My lab has one AP, my office has one AP and a third one in the roof for outdoors. Oh, I forgot, an extra Netgear for iot, because the current tp-link devices have trouble with doing 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time.
With 5 PoE devices, I'd go with a PoE switch. I also have had a bad experience with a TP-Link AP, in that multicasts from the main LAN got into the guest VLAN. This made it impossible to use IPv6 on the guest SSID. BTW, with the Unifi access point, if you buy one, it comes with an injector. If you buy the 5 pack, it doesn't. I guess the presumption is, if you have that many APs, you're likely using a PoE switch.
James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 12:29, Per Jessen wrote:
Home: I have five APs - partially because of how poor TP-link APs are, partially because of distances, partially because the house is built with reinforced concrete. Main house - two APs. My lab has one AP, my office has one AP and a third one in the roof for outdoors. Oh, I forgot, an extra Netgear for iot, because the current tp-link devices have trouble with doing 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time.
With 5 PoE devices, I'd go with a PoE switch.
Seeing how popular / omnipresent PoE devices have become, I'm beginning to wonder too. Last time I looked was probably 10+ years back, and the price of a 24-port HP PoE switch would make your eyes water.
I also have had a bad experience with a TP-Link AP, in that multicasts from the main LAN got into the guest VLAN. This made it impossible to use IPv6 on the guest SSID.
I have had two key issues - a) four-five years ago, for environmental monitoring, I deployed a number of small (5x5cm) ARM devices, on IPv6. They kept loosing their connectivity. I could find nothing wrong, but rebooting the AP always did the trick. In the past, I have had truly excellent support from Zyxel, but TP-link ... <expletives deleted>. b) to keep up with the times, we installed a TP-link dual-band AP in the house. It works great for laptops and mobiles on 5GHz, but as soon as you add some 2.4GHz devices ... I really do not know why I have three tp-link devices. Can I claim temporary insanity?
BTW, with the Unifi access point, if you buy one, it comes with an injector. If you buy the 5 pack, it doesn't. I guess the presumption is, if you have that many APs, you're likely using a PoE switch.
thanks, that is a very interesting point, have taken note. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.6°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 12:56, Per Jessen wrote:
In the past, I have had truly excellent support from Zyxel, but TP-link ... <expletives deleted>.
I agree. They kept telling me it was normal for traffic from the main LAN to go to the VLAN. I guess they never heard that VLANs are supposed to be virtually separate LANs. I finally talked to a 2nd level guy who agreed there was a problem, but there was no fix forthcoming.
James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 12:56, Per Jessen wrote:
In the past, I have had truly excellent support from Zyxel, but TP-link ... <expletives deleted>.
I agree. They kept telling me it was normal for traffic from the main LAN to go to the VLAN. I guess they never heard that VLANs are supposed to be virtually separate LANs. I finally talked to a 2nd level guy who agreed there was a problem, but there was no fix forthcoming.
Whilst we are sharing anecdotes - way offtopic of course - when my house/lab was still on ADSL with a Zyxel modem, sometime before 2009, I had my Zyxel ADSL modem set up to log errors to the usual syslog port 514. Otherwise an excellent modem, but the logging didn't work. I opened a ticket with our local supplier and one with Zyxel. Nothing much happened and it being somewhat exotic, I didn't expect much either. Then I got a call from my local supplier (Studerus), some young intern who had spotted something interesting and in fact confirmed the issue. He had pursued it with Zyxel corporate and even managed to get a new firmware built. I was very impressed. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.3°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:09:02 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
James Knott wrote:
On 2023-04-20 12:56, Per Jessen wrote:
In the past, I have had truly excellent support from Zyxel, but TP-link ... <expletives deleted>.
I agree. They kept telling me it was normal for traffic from the main LAN to go to the VLAN. I guess they never heard that VLANs are supposed to be virtually separate LANs. I finally talked to a 2nd level guy who agreed there was a problem, but there was no fix forthcoming.
Whilst we are sharing anecdotes - way offtopic of course - when my house/lab was still on ADSL with a Zyxel modem, sometime before 2009, I had my Zyxel ADSL modem set up to log errors to the usual syslog port 514. Otherwise an excellent modem, but the logging didn't work. I opened a ticket with our local supplier and one with Zyxel. Nothing much happened and it being somewhat exotic, I didn't expect much either.
Then I got a call from my local supplier (Studerus), some young intern who had spotted something interesting and in fact confirmed the issue. He had pursued it with Zyxel corporate and even managed to get a new firmware built. I was very impressed.
That prompted me to look at Zyxel and the NBG7510 looks like it might fit the bill. (though the name is a bit worrying - NoBl**dyGood 7510 ??)
Dave Howorth wrote:
That prompted me to look at Zyxel and the NBG7510 looks like it might fit the bill. (though the name is a bit worrying - NoBl**dyGood 7510 ??)
Here I see it called "NBG7510 Wifi 6 router AX1800 .....", but in the specification it only says "Wifi5 / 802.11ac". At Sfr66, it's certainly affordable. Weird, at the main importer's website, it also says Wifi6. Makes me wonder if we even have any devices that will do wifi6 - I guess relatively modern iPhones or Androids ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.1°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:19:31 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
That prompted me to look at Zyxel and the NBG7510 looks like it might fit the bill. (though the name is a bit worrying - NoBl**dyGood 7510 ??)
Here I see it called "NBG7510 Wifi 6 router AX1800 .....", but in the specification it only says "Wifi5 / 802.11ac". At Sfr66, it's certainly affordable. Weird, at the main importer's website, it also says Wifi6.
Which specification? I'm fairly convinced it's wifi 6.
Makes me wonder if we even have any devices that will do wifi6 - I guess relatively modern iPhones or Androids ?
Yes, our iPhone 13s do wifi 6 and so do most of our visitors' I guess. Thanks for all your help, everybody :)
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:34:24 -0400 James Knott <james.knott@jknott.net> wrote:
On 2023-04-20 12:29, Per Jessen wrote:
Home: I have five APs - partially because of how poor TP-link APs are, partially because of distances, partially because the house is built with reinforced concrete. Main house - two APs. My lab has one AP, my office has one AP and a third one in the roof for outdoors. Oh, I forgot, an extra Netgear for iot, because the current tp-link devices have trouble with doing 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time.
With 5 PoE devices, I'd go with a PoE switch.
But that depends on the 5 devices all being fed from that one switch. More likely surely is that the 5 devices are in different places and may be fed from different switches.
Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
I went to my regular supplier and searched for wifi access points without PoE. That gave me three (3!) options. Netgear Orbi Pro Wifi6 - SFr240. Netgear WAC104 SFr82. Zyxel WRE6605 extender - SFr72 the WAC104 looks tempting - it's dual-band and wifi6 and the price is right. Once you look at the rest _with_ PoE, the price range seems to be very wide. From 100 to 600 and more. A Netgear WAX214 looks good at 113 + 26 for a power supply. I see others in the same price range, e.g. from D-Link. Mikrotik and Ubiquiti. Whether they will offer the access restrictions that Dave is looking, I don't know. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.7°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-20 12:19, Per Jessen wrote:
Whether they will offer the access restrictions that Dave is looking, I don't know.
That would be better determined in the firewall/router. For example, I have two SSIDs for main LAN and guests. They have completely different access. The guests, other than pinging the VLAN interface can do absolutely nothing on my local network. They can only reach the Internet. I could also configure my AP to not let devices on my guest LAN communicate with each other. I could also set up a connection that doesn't allow routing anywhere at all, if I chose. This is what many would want for IoT.
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:19:50 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
I went to my regular supplier and searched for wifi access points without PoE. That gave me three (3!) options.
Netgear Orbi Pro Wifi6 - SFr240. Netgear WAC104 SFr82. Zyxel WRE6605 extender - SFr72
the WAC104 looks tempting - it's dual-band and wifi6 and the price is right.
Are you sure its wifi 6? I think the AC in the name means its 802.11ac - their wifi 6 products seem to be named WAXnnn
Once you look at the rest _with_ PoE, the price range seems to be very wide. From 100 to 600 and more. A Netgear WAX214 looks good at 113 + 26 for a power supply.
Yes, the WAX214 looks more like it. IIUC it allows 4 SSIDs, but I've gone for the Zyxel :)
I see others in the same price range, e.g. from D-Link. Mikrotik and Ubiquiti. Whether they will offer the access restrictions that Dave is looking, I don't know.
Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:19:50 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
fwiw, I am also looking for some new access points. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to it, but Netgear and Zyxel are probably my favourites right now. The Netgear WAX218 looks good, although it defaults to PoE and doesn't come with a power supply. It's a bit pricey - I'm going to look for one without PoE.
I went to my regular supplier and searched for wifi access points without PoE. That gave me three (3!) options.
Netgear Orbi Pro Wifi6 - SFr240. Netgear WAC104 SFr82. Zyxel WRE6605 extender - SFr72
the WAC104 looks tempting - it's dual-band and wifi6 and the price is right.
Are you sure its wifi 6? I think the AC in the name means its 802.11ac - their wifi 6 products seem to be named WAXnnn
Well, the first website says "compatible with wifi4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax) - but a second one doesn't. The datasheet doesn't mention 802.11ax at all, so you're probably right. I wonder what "compatible" is supposed to mean :-)
Once you look at the rest _with_ PoE, the price range seems to be very wide. From 100 to 600 and more. A Netgear WAX214 looks good at 113 + 26 for a power supply.
Yes, the WAX214 looks more like it. IIUC it allows 4 SSIDs, but I've gone for the Zyxel :)
Which one did you pick? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.1°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes
On 2023-04-21 10:05, Per Jessen wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:19:50 +0200 Per Jessen <per@opensuse.org> wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Are you sure its wifi 6? I think the AC in the name means its 802.11ac - their wifi 6 products seem to be named WAXnnn
Well, the first website says "compatible with wifi4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax) - but a second one doesn't. The datasheet doesn't mention 802.11ax at all, so you're probably right. I wonder what "compatible" is supposed to mean :-)
Guess: that a later firmware upgrade can provide it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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