Episodes

(Season 3) Minisode 1 – Meshing WiFi & Distance, a WiFi Extension

Alright, so you’ve got yourself some ol’ fashioned WiFi in your home! ….But- it doesn’t seem to reach every room, and the connection’s a little spotty at the edges.. Should you get a new router? (Maybe!) …but there are other options.

Sources:

WiFi Range Extenders/Repeaters:

Mesh Networks:

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Opening Music: Synthetic Pleasures by MOKKA

(Season 3) Episode 8 – (Almost) Everything you need to know about WiFi in 2021

by Fall Out Boy*
(but not really)

WiFi, it’s that thing that you use when you go to a friend’s house as to not use your data (or, maybe it’s just faster than using your mobile network). You likely use it every day, but never really leave it to much thought. Does it matter what your WiFi password is?? And what the hell is a WPA??

EPISODE MISTAKES: We said that Free Geek has free hardware and is in Canada. Free Geek has donated hardware at a very reasonable, cheap price and is located in Portland, Oregon.

Free Geek Website

Sources:

WiFi Related Groups:

Wireless Bands (2.4Ghz/5Ghz specifically):

WiFi Standards (including 6E):

Wireless Security, WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3:

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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH

(Season 3) Episode 9 – A Series of Unfortunate Repair Prevention (Right to Repair/DRM Updates)

Alternatively, “Apple’s bad decisions are contagious”

EPISODE NOTES: This episode (9) is airing before Episode 8. Episode 8 will air next.

Welcome to yet another update episode, where we tell you how things have gone horribly wrong since the last time we’ve broached the topic(s) of the day. That topic? Right to Repair! It’s gotten worse.
(also DRM, DRM is worse)

Sources:

Hugh Jeffreys’ Videos:

Smartphone Patent Wars (Mention):

Apple refusing to repair/being difficult with iMac Pros (Mention):

Samsung copying Apple:

Synology NAS:

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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH