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Totally logical and expected functionality (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it's been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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[–] [email protected] 309 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Badly shielded USB3 causes RF leaks at 2.4GHz. use 5Ghz WiFi or better shielded devices.

[–] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago (9 children)

This is the answer.

Some early wifi routers with USB ports on them had the same issue.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I’ve seen this exact problem on other laptops. Not saying it’s okay, but it’s not exactly an Apple only problem. It’s a “let’s cram everything into this single port and hope it doesn’t interfere with anything” problem.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It’s also a common problem with 2.4 GHz Zigbee USB sticks. It’s recommended to connect them to a longer usb cable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Add the Logitech unifying receiver to this list. It cuts out constantly with the dock model most people use at my work, and I have to put it on a dongle or extension cable to fix it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That’s an interesting one….

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Better laptops tend to put the wifi antenna in the display, so it's far away from the USB ports when in use. Obviously that's not compatible with ultra thin laptops.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

All laptops have their wireless antennas in the lid of the laptops. MacBooks included.

The amount of RF generated by some devices is insane.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But if the antenna passes the usb port then it doesn’t really matter.

A friend of mine had a $2500 gaming laptop that couldn’t use WiFi when he used an external display. He ended up having to use two separate dongles, one for DisplayPort and another for Ethernet. It worked, but was pretty dumb. In the end, though, I was happy that at least he was using a wired connection.