Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down111
arrow-up1852arrow-down1external-linkOpen source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardwarewww.theregister.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI can’t tell if WAN is Wireless Area Network or Wide Area Network.
minus-squaredXq9dwg4zt@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·20 days agoWAN = Wide Area Network WLAN = Wireless Area Network
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days ago*WLAN = Wireless local area network
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoWide area network. It’s basically the “internet” side of the router.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·20 days 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-up10·20 days agoNot really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-220 days 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