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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 18:15:40 JST goatsarah

   Just replaced my old Apple TV 4K with the newer model that is also a Thread border router. I now have two: the HomePod Mini (WiFi) and the Apple TV (Ethernet).

   And OMG, Thread is so much faster & more reliable!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 19:16:14 JST goatsarah

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     • Rachel Lawson

     @rachel I get where you're coming from, as I isolate my wifi IoT stuff on a VLAN, and Thread doesn't play nicely with that unless you put the border router on a VLAN too (which, given the nature of border routers, is unlikely to work out well).

     But I profoundly fucking hate 802.11 as a home automation standard. It's profoundly unsuited to it and I am backing away from it anywhere I can, and unlike Zigbee, Thread actually seems to work properly in an environment with multiple manufacturers' gear.

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     Rachel Lawson (rachel@norfolk.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 19:16:16 JST Rachel Lawson

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     @goatsarah I can’t decide what I think about Thread. Somehow, it makes me wary that I know less about my home network than I did before. Make sense?

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     Miguel Arroz (arroz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 19:45:40 JST Miguel Arroz

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     @goatsarah Are you going to get rid of the old 4K? I may be interested, depending on the model.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 19:45:40 JST goatsarah

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     • Miguel Arroz
     @arroz It's a 1st gen 4k, and it is currently surplus to requirements, yes
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     Miguel Arroz (arroz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:13:32 JST Miguel Arroz

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     @goatsarah Huumm… still with the old style remote?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 20:13:32 JST goatsarah

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     • Miguel Arroz
     @arroz Unfortunately, yes
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     Miguel Arroz (arroz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:45:23 JST Miguel Arroz

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     @goatsarah I'll probably skip it. I want to pass the 2K to my parents and get a 4K for myself, but I would need to swap the remotes otherwise my father is going to throw that thing out the window, and I don't blame him.

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