Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 天前Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1846arrow-down111
arrow-up1835arrow-down1external-linkOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 天前message-square106fedilink
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 天前Wide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·21 天前I know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
minus-squareMorphiusFaydal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 天前Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-220 天前lan is local area network wan is wide area network wlan is wireless local wwan is wireless wan
Wide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
I know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
lan is local area network
wan is wide area network
wlan is wireless local
wwan is wireless wan