Comment on But my WiFi is just fine!

BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Soggytoast@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to work for spectrum. I’d say around 60% of people legit do not know the difference between wifi and Internet. No wifi means no Internet, to them. Makes some trouble shooting harder

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  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hate that people refer to ethernet, unironically as a “wifi cable”.

    It hurts my soul.

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• FordPrefect@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Them: “The WiFi is down.”
  Me: ‘… No, I still see the TV & the laptop & Pi, on the network.’
  Them: “I can’t connect to Flipboard.”
  Me: ‘Ohhh, the internet is down. It’s probably at the cable modem. Wait a moment for it to failover to wireless, then try again.’
  Them: “Yep, now the WiFi is back.”

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  • wholeofthemoon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ‘Ohhh, the internet is down.’

    One could argue that’s not right either 😉

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    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pedantic but correct. Only your connection to the internet is down.

      Even when there are massive “internet outages” sometimes it’s just DNS being bad. The internet works just fine, it’s just not working in a way that you can make use of it.

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  • MooseBoys@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most consumer devices these days, if they detect the internet is down over a wifi connection (e.g. by inability to reach 1.1.1.1), will automatically disconnect from that wifi network, or at least show the same UI as if it had.

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• rigamarole@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And you want to explain the difference, then decide it’s not worth the effort.

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  • Piers@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I really don’t understand why it’s such a common confusion. None of these people struggle with the difference between their gas supply and their oven.

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    • MooseBoys@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But when your electricity goes out, do you even consider whether it’s the power plant, substation, distribution station, or individual service drop that is the problem? Probably not. But I’m sure many power line technicians see the phrase “my power’s out” in the same way tech-savvy people see the phrase “my wifi’s out”.

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      • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How much of that is in your control to diagnose, let alone fix? If the neighbours are out too, that means it’s already out of your hands.

        When it comes to “the internet is down”, much of the time it is something within your control, whether or not you know that. It’s not a very good analogy imo.

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      • PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A very large portion of people who use electricity everyday have never given a single thought to where their power comes from. They are the same folks who feel like they are superior plugging in their Tesla and knowing they are making a difference… while the coal plant drops another traincar to charge it up.

        The people who bitch the loudest are always the ones who have absolutely no clue how things actually work and that every single decision is give/take. And if you try to explain you are (insert ism/ist). Tards gonna tard. Way she goes, fuckin way she goes.

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I consider those if only cause it may give me an idea of when power will come back on. Ill even drive around to see how much is out or if i can find repair crews.

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      • Piers@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If all the food in my fridge is warm I don’t immediately assume my electricity has been cut off rather than something is wrong with my fridge.

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    • Rambi@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think people care about different things, networking might not be something they’re interested in so aren’t interested in spending time learning about it. Where as when you are interested in it it’s not so hard to read, watch videos about it and experiment with it. At least that’s generally how I find these things work.

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    • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But gas and ovens aren’t magical witchcraft

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      • uis@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They are

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