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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We can and have. It’s Multi-Link Operation (MLO) which was part of WiFi 7 standards. Here’s how it works.

My router has it and it is indeed quite fast, but it’s new technology. There are currently very few client devices that support MLO.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Because it's not useful. Two routers still share the same frequencies and thus can't send more data over the same air. A single router can already use multiple frequencies to increase throughput. You don't need two to do that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

If you want to use multiple internet connections and combine their speed, that's possible. Dunno how though and I guess to work best it would need a server somewhere else like a VPN to manage the packets coming from different ips

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Software defined wan (SDWAN) is the industry term for bundling multiple independent internet connections to maximise bandwidth.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Can you explain what this "software defined x" means that you hear everywhere?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Basically it means to not have a special designed hardware for task X but to do much of it in software which gives you more flexibility. And also let's you configure and use X a bit more flexible.

E.g. software defined networking: If you run several virtual machines on a server, you may define the whole network between them virtually in software instead of doing it on the hardware side. Sure, you still need an ethernet card in your server to connect it to other servers and the internet, but all load balancing, switches, firewalls, VLANs, etc. between the virtual machines (or containers) on your server are virtualized in software - or maybe eben between servers.

Same goes for e.g. Software Defined Radio. In the early days you had dedicated hardware to control the mobile network and the antennas and such. Today you "just" have the antenna and a transceiver that is capable of producing and receiving a wide range of signals and modulations. All encoding, decoding and interpretation the signals is done in software. If your hardware is capable enough, the upgrade from e.g. 4G to 5G may only be a software update for all base stations.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

But what about for services other than X, like Facebook or YouTube?

/j

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

These are all software defined social networking, aren't they?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The main ones I hear are software defined WAN. Which means you can do per application internet steering.

Software defined LAN is more about authorising specific applications to access the corporate lan.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Just duckduckgo/mojeek your question. I got link to speedify for example.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

In case you’re wondering about the downvotes, using any search index verbification other than “Google” demonstrates greater techno-activism than pointing out that DDG uses the Bing API. Your effort has been noted, however, and will be evaluated at the next summit.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The purposeful insinuation of a falsehood was enough to get people to admit that DDG is just Bing with a hat on while dogpiling on the assumed "mistake." I'll take it.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Mmm, understood. Antiheroics are especially well-regarded. I’ll be sure this is accurately reflected in the report.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Make sure to note I'm really tall so I get preferential treatment due to their unconscious biases

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