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6 GHz really makes sense for a hotspot. Typically, both devices will be quite near. And 6 GHz has plenty of channels available for optimal performance.
If only my cell carrier (Verizon) didn't paywall mobile tethering
If you use Lineage, a fork of Lineage (iode, /e/), Calyx (out of commission), Graphene, or plain root and set the TTL of hotspot packets to 65 you can bypass the limit
They really don't like that though. Like close your account immediately don't like. Only reason I still have mine is because I had no issues previously and I fained Ignorance while calling them.
Ive been doing it for years with no issue. π€·
Really? If I can ask, how much data do you usually use?
Anywhere between 20 to 50 gigs a month depending on how out and about i am
Ah yeah I used like 500 lol.
I dont even use that much with my homelab, how tf are you doing that? π
Streaming 4k uses an ungodly amount of data.
my podcast app alone does 300GB/mo with just half a hundred of YouTube channels. one of my homelabs will soon cross half a petabyte cumulative. what tf are you doing with your homelab?
How the fuck do you get 300gb of podcasts? If I ran podcasts 24/7 for a month I doubt I'd even hit 50gb
The first one I'd listen to today at 3x is 2:09:44 and weighs 667MB since it's a FullHD video, so I can burn through them at around 1GB/hour. Half of the episodes are gonna be audio-only and weigh just a fraction of that, but then I'll also delete easily half of what gets preloaded without listening, so here we are.
Feigned is such an uncommon word I'm not surprised to see it spelt like that. I'm all for fixing English spelling, it really is a mess of broken rules
I knew I was spelling it wrong I just couldn't figure out how lmao.
You can EASILY get around that...buy an unlocked phone off swappa and the hotspot works perfectly on Verizon. I've been doing this for years
Hmm interesting! My Samsung S24 is factory unlocked but when I try to activate the mobile tethering feature it says "Please wait while verifying" and then "your plan doesn't support mobile tethering."
I'm not sure....all I know is when I buy a device that's unlocked from swappa....wait a minute, is the S24 model you have Verizon exclusive? I had an S10 5G that was Verizon specific that didn't work, but .... unlocked on swappa always work and I have the same problem as you. Other workaround is Pixel with Graphene OS.
secret things is "tether dun".
Maybe, its time to switch service providers. Or perhaps the software if its not working for you.
I just want to be able to use the 2.4 and 5GHz radios independently.
I have been able to do that atleast in realmeUI and Oneui phones.
That's kind of dumb. Devices have had 5 GHz support since something like 2013, so why not do 5 and 6 instead of 2.4 and 6?
Because 2.4 GHz has a better range.
I think that depends on where you're at. If you're in the middle of nowhere, yeah, you're probably right. If you're in the middle of a city apartment building, probably not.
It can often still have better range, even within an apartment building, since 2.4GHz will penetrates walls easier.
However, interference can be different, because 5Ghz has more channels, and many devices still primarily operate on 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz, meaning 5GHz can be interfered with less than 2.4GHz.
At the end of the day, it will depend on your environment, as interference can be a big factor, but regardless, you'll almost always find you have better, consistent signal range with 2.4GHz than 5GHz, because it's just that much better at penetrating solid objects, irrespective of interference.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that 5ghz can use higher signal power than 2.4ghz which would diminish this advantage by some, anyway. If I remember correctly, the 2.4 GHZ band is limited to 0.1W while the 5 GHZ band is 1W.
Edit: With that said, I'm betting that a phone hotspot limits both of them to a very low power in order to keep battery life because blasting out one watt would kill your battery quite quickly.
The allowed transmit power can vary by country, but I doubt any phone will use 1000mW for it's mobile hotapot.
Like the last guy said, all about penetration. Higher frequencies just plain interact with stuff more, it's why you only hear the bass from outside a concert and why people were worried about 5g giving em cancer. My 5ghz stuff goes to shit when it rains while the 2.4ghz doesn't even notice. If you're rural and connecting stuff between buildings/through vegetation 2.4 is still where it's at, if everyone in apartment buildings switched to 6 they're interfere with each others stuff less and all have better signal
It is less about range and more about interference. 2.4GHz only has a few channels so it is very congested
Low end 2.4G only devices still exist
Hotspot is pretty nice if you are trying to get an old device online temporarily
Has better range
And as an anectode, l still see at least one 2.4G only device every month.
it's nice that your Kindle isn't just collecting dust in a drawer