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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] 46 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

That’s an interesting one….

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ideally it passes by shielded. Or better yet, shield both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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