Comment on Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle”

• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s when you make do with WiFi.

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  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You do know that laptops no longer even come with those “make do” Ethernet ports, right?

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    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You do know that most places use docking stations that connect laptops to multiple screens and… you guessed it… ethernet.

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      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My last job was with a Fortune 100 technical company in a sales position. No one used a docking station and no one bothered with an Ethernet cable. Neither did any of the customers we dealt with. People with desktop computers were wired up but most everyone else used wifi all the time.

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      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not my last job with a Fortune 100 company. Nearly all of us used wifi all the time. Our engineering and software development groups did use desktop computers with Gig E though.

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    • shasta@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah if you are forced to deal with a shitty Apple

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      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Long time since you bought a laptop, or even looked at them? Even most of Dell and Thinkpad mobile workstations no longer include an Ethernet port.

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      • 0xD@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Welcome to the future! Standard everywhere.

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    • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it’s called a “dongle” and it’s named after a guy named don. No srs look it up.

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• DingoBilly@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wireless sucks. Wired is always better.

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  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just gonna ignore those real-world examples and insist on fantasy land, eh?

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  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Moan and groan all you like, it doesn’t change the fact that wireless is almost always an option and wired is almost never an option.

    Even desktop PCs come with wifi adapters. Finding a laptop with an Ethernet port is damn near impossible.

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    • gaael@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t most of (maybe all) dell and lenovo laptops come with ethernet ports by default ?
      And nowadays, with thunderbolt docking stations, you have more or less every connection available anyway.

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      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Don’t most of (maybe all) dell and lenovo laptops come with ethernet ports by default ?

        Nope. Ethernet ports are gone. >

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    • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If ethernet is not an option, you’re just wasting time. Ethernet-to-USB dongles are cheap and plentiful.

      It’s crazy that people with no experience with it have no idea why anyone would want to fuss with a direct wired connection when it’s objectively faster and more stable in every metric possible.

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      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Assumptions, assumptions… My company is a communications company and actually produces networking equipment. Almost no one uses Ethernet because we have the knowledge and experience to implement reliable wifi. Perhaps your company should hire us since they’ve done such a bad job with their own implementation.

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  • olympicyes@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wireless is always better than no connection at all if you need a connection and you’re not wired.

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  • bfg9k@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can’t realistically plug your phone into the wall every time you want to use the internet

    The whole point of a mobile phone is that it’s mobile

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok Zoomer.

      We’re talking about offices where people generally use laptops for work. Why are you mentioning mobiles?

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      • bfg9k@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What if I want to move my laptop around the office, say for example to make a presentation, or work in a different area? If I’m just working on some documents online, I don’t need a fast connection, just 30-50Mbit is plenty enough for pretty much everything, including video calls etc

        And what you’re telling me you never use a mobile at work? You still need a signal to make/receive regular phone calls

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• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Conference rooms, yes. Break rokms, yes. Offices? No. Use a docking station? Are you working solely from your laptop screen or do you dock and use monitors mouse and keyboard? Generally, there’s ethernet attached, too.

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• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Conference rooms should have ethernet connected to the USB-C dongle that’s attached to the TV and the Jabra or whatever alternative you use.

  Wouldn’t want to take my laptop to the break room, I go there to take a break from work, not continue it in a different setting.

  I’ll agree on going to someone else’s office, or using your laptop in a meeting where someone else is connected up, but that’s where Wi-Fi works as the back-up.

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  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol! One Ethernet cable in a conference room? What if someone else is using it? Next you’ll proudly state that you carry an Ethernet switch everywhere you go. But, you be you.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just said wifi works as the backup solution if you’re not the one presenting. If you ARE the one presenting, wouldn’t you want to have a more stable connection?

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