Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down111
arrow-up1854arrow-down1external-linkOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI can’t tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.
minus-squaredXq9dwg4zt@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoWAN = Wide Area Network WLAN = Wireless Area Network
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago*WLAN = Wireless local area network
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 month agoI know what a Wide Area Network is. I’m just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi
minus-squareMorphiusFaydal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoNot really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 month agolan is local area network wan is wide area network wlan is wireless local wwan is wireless wan
I can’t tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.
WAN = Wide Area Network
WLAN = Wireless Area Network
*Wireless Local Area Network
*WLAN = Wireless local area network
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
Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
lan is local area network
wan is wide area network
wlan is wireless local
wwan is wireless wan