This phone is broken (broken screen) and was given to me, so I figured I’d use it as a WiFi extender, but I guess I can’t.

  • forrgott@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    That’s kinda required. I doubt one antenna can simultaneously send and receive.

    Anyway, there’s still only one controller, so your bandwidth is still halved.

    • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
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      19 minutes ago

      I am not sure if the bandwidth is really limited by the controller, or by the modulation / signal-to-noise ratios in practical scenarios.

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        4 hours ago

        Oh, I should clarify; this is more than send and receive - there’s some amount of network routing involved with being a Wi-Fi extender or relay or whatever.

        What I probably meant to say is one antenna cannot send/receive simultaneously on more than one network.

        But, yes, duh, thank you for calling me out on that one!