There is Wi-Fi an essential part of our life and our everyday life. Thanks to this type of Internet connection, we can have multiple devices connected at the same time without having to drag cables, and we enjoy a user experience that, as a rule and under normal conditions, is usually very good.

Gone are the days when a Wi-Fi connection did not always offer a truly optimal experience, although it is true that even today the quality, stability and speed of this type of connection depends on a number of key factors: distance, obstacles, interference and the standard used.

It’s a topic we’ve talked about before, and I’m sure our readers remember that too much distance from the router can destroy the Wi-Fi connection, and the same can happen if the connection has to overcome many obstacles and resources. interference. The standard affects speed and range, But did you know that using 802.11b is a terrible idea?

Yes, it’s an outdated standard that doesn’t seem to make sense today, but for backward compatibility reasons it has been retained over the years and is still available today. However, using it is a terrible idea and we will explain why in this article, read on.

802.11b Wi-Fi: you’re slow, cowboys

The different Wi-Fi standards that exist use different modulation techniques to transmit data. For this reason, devices that use the 802.11b protocol cannot interpret the transmitted data on a more modern one, such as 802.11n. This means that the old protocol cannot understand the data under the newer protocol, but the latter can understand the data of the older protocol, otherwise there would be no backward compatibility.

When we use the 802.11b protocol, our router accidentally uses this standard to communicate with this device, and this is what will slow down our entire internet connection. Not only will we have a speed problem, since this standard works at 11 Mbps, but we will also find ourselves with all the problems resulting from the lack of support for technologies as basic as MU-MIMO, which allows simultaneous transmission to several devices.

The headaches this standard can cause are important enough that even a neighbor using this standard on the same channel as us can affect us, so we have to take that into account. If we find ourselves in this situation, a simple change of channel will solve the problem. For the rest, the conclusion we can draw is simple, we must avoid resorting to this standard. I know it’s not normal and that few people have devices limited to 802.11b at home, but with the boom in collectibles and retro, it never hurts to be clear.

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