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MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 months agoTechnically they can handle 300 clients, if none of them are talking. With any wireless communication, only one device can talk at a time, maybe two if sending and receiving works on different frequency, which WIFI is not. So no matter what manufacturer says, on 2.4GHz, fewer clients can talk because bandwidth is lower and sending/receiving packets takes time. Whenever possible, stay away from WIFI. The more you use it, the worse it will get.
rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is my understanding as well, and why I prefer to get away from wifi for any device that can be wired. My neighbourhood has houses so close I could shake hands with my neighbours through a window, and they all have lots of wifi devices, so interference is inevitable.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Purely technically speaking you can fit all of wireless bands into a single fiber optic and have room to spare. Then you can run fiber in parallel. Wireless will always be a convenience thing for small portable devices which can’t have connectors. Technology is advancing on this front, but it’s reducing range all the time to keep the whole thing usable.