Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1843arrow-down111
arrow-up1832arrow-down1external-linkOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoWide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·2 days agoI know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agolan is local area network wan is wide area network wlan is wireless local wwan is wireless wan
minus-squareMorphiusFaydal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoNot really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
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
lan is local area network
wan is wide area network
wlan is wireless local
wwan is wireless wan
Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.