Readit NewsInfrastructure side handovers are great for load balancing though, for enterprise networks with very high client density.
That's not what you want to have in an enterprise environment.
A roaming decision must be based on the signal level readings from both sides from the infrastructure side.
Everything else is gambling.
I bet companies will release WiFi 8 products even when it's still a draft, just as they did with WiFI 7.
I upgraded my home setup to WiFi 7 a few weeks ago, and after being a WiFi hater for so long, was actually surprised at how much better it was over my previous experiences with WiFi. With MLO clients get 2-3ms latency with 2.5Gbit links, I'm all for WiFi 8 trying to reduce the latency further, I don't need more speed.
They must. Otherwise it cannot be tested within the labs.
And producing chips before a standard is finalized is usually no problem at all: there are gates within the standardization process where the will be no more changes that are relevant for the silicon.
These 802.11n-draft APs were a singular fuckup regarding this.
With MAP 2.4GHz can serve as long range network that can be filled with High-Rate 5GHz / 6GHz cells. And all of them can be utilized in parallel.
802.11be (Wifi-7) still lacks this.
Also a microphone for receiving feedback.
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Not sure if dang see this, but it might be worth asking hn@ycombinator.com otherwise
Maybe a flood protection for new accounts.
You will get unfiltered western internet as a tourist.
Maybe someone knows better alternatives?
I have an "always on" VPN routing back home. Anything destined for my home network gets routed that way, and there's literally zero battery drain.
I'm not paranoid enough to route everything through VPN though.