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TP-Link conducts Wi-Fi 8 trials, promises better reliability and lower latency

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41 points thunderbong | 11 comments | 18 Oct 25 18:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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ChocolateGod ◴[19 Oct 25 08:27 UTC] No.45632788[source]▶
> While some draft specifications could be released in 2027, the official Wi-Fi 8 standard is projected to be finalized only in mid-2028. Commercial products that officially support the new standard are not expected to reach the market until late 2028 at the earliest.

I bet companies will release WiFi 8 products even when it's still a draft, just as they did with WiFI 7.

I upgraded my home setup to WiFi 7 a few weeks ago, and after being a WiFi hater for so long, was actually surprised at how much better it was over my previous experiences with WiFi. With MLO clients get 2-3ms latency with 2.5Gbit links, I'm all for WiFi 8 trying to reduce the latency further, I don't need more speed.

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1. halapro ◴[23 Oct 25 08:35 UTC] No.45679591[source]▶
I don't need lower latency, I need better congestion management. WiFi in busy areas (like airports) sucks.
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2. IlikeKitties ◴[23 Oct 25 09:06 UTC] No.45679810[source]▶
I recently torrented a movie on a airport wifi while waiting for a plane and it worked so well, even when walking around the airport to the plane. I was impressed.
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3. piva00 ◴[23 Oct 25 09:19 UTC] No.45679882[source]▶
I haven't encountered issues with airports' WiFi in many years, at least not the ones I fly from in Europe.

What airports have you seen issues lately? It's one thing I haven't thought about in a long time.

4. 2III7 ◴[23 Oct 25 09:27 UTC] No.45679920[source]▶
Use a remote server for such vile behavior.
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5. IlikeKitties ◴[23 Oct 25 09:54 UTC] No.45680096{3}[source]▶
Nah, that's too much work, public wifi is great for that.
6. miyuru ◴[23 Oct 25 10:05 UTC] No.45680174{3}[source]▶
can you explain why using torrents is vile behavior?
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7. CuriousRose ◴[23 Oct 25 10:14 UTC] No.45680230{4}[source]▶
Without a personal opinion one way or the other, I would assume the gripe is with congesting the public network as opposed to the choice of public domain documentaries you downloaded.
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8. cheschire ◴[23 Oct 25 10:33 UTC] No.45680311{5}[source]▶
“Linux ISOs”
9. IlikeKitties ◴[23 Oct 25 10:51 UTC] No.45680401{5}[source]▶
Oh to be clear I illegally downloaded copyrighted works of major movie studios while they had just hit the streaming sites.
10. throw0101a ◴[23 Oct 25 10:56 UTC] No.45680422[source]▶
> WiFi in busy areas (like airports) sucks.

This is part of what opening up the 6 GHz was about.

But there are also provisions in newer standards like Target Wake Time: the client can be told to sleep for a while, not using radio spectrum (and also saving battery).

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Target_Wake_Time

OFDMA allows multiple clients to use the same frequency at the same time (using sub-channels):

* https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/antar1/2020/10/19/why-is-ofdm...

* https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/stories/detail/201

11. ChocolateGod ◴[23 Oct 25 13:00 UTC] No.45681305[source]▶
They're not necessarily different things. Increased latency can happen as a result of congestion on the band.