Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.solarpunk.au/users/vidak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vidak</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cathode.church/@50htz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>50htz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@theruran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theruran</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.net2o.de/@forthy42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forthy42</span></a></span> I don't think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RONJA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RONJA</span></a>'s development was actively sabotaged.</p><ul><li>I just assume that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> over longer distances just got better and <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/60ghz-wireless-airfiber/products/af-60-lr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cheaper</a>, <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/wireless-airfiber-ptp/products/af-24hd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">longer range</a> and <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/60ghz-wireless-airfiber/products/af60-xr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">faster</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COTS</span></a> products that due to lowered regulation and certified conformity didn't require any costly permits and frequency allocations compared to <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/wireless-airfiber-ptp/products/af-11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">licensed spectrum links</a>.</li></ul><p>In fact, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> did <a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Fachthemen/Telekommunikation/Frequenzen/OeffentlicheNetze/LokaleNetze/_functions/faq_2,4%20bzw.%205%20GHz.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">extend frequency allocations</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> useage and <a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Allgemeinzuteilungen/MobilfunkDectWlanCBFunk/2017_34_Broadband_Fixed_Wireless_Access_BFWA.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dedicaded the 5,8 GHz band</a> to to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WISP</span></a>|s that want to provide <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadband</span></a> in rural areas. </p><ul><li>So it's not the fault of RONJA or it's devs, but the fault of WiFi and <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/wifi-bridging/products/ubb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">proprietary solutions</a> to have caught up.</li></ul><p>Personally, I do wish for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpticalLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpticalLinks</span></a> more because they are not just less prone to eavesdropping, but also less taxing on the increasingly scarce resource that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RadioSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioSpectrum</span></a> and that we should be more mindful of, espechally since the solution to overcrowded <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spectrum</span></a> is rather obnoxious as in <em>"dialing up power consumption to implement ever more complex coding schemes"</em>...</p><ul><li>Not to mention it's easier to secure an optical link and I think that it would be best if said system could universally tunnel any data, from Serial to USB and from 10/100M Ethernet to anything else, as having a "Universal Visible-light Optical Link" (maybe even call it <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UVOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UVOL</span></a>"</em>, cuz <em>"VOL"</em> and <em>"UVLOL"</em> or "<em>ULOL"</em> may be too much of a bad take) could really do wounders.</li></ul><p>Even if it can only do like 12Mbit/s for USB 2.0 it'll still be practical for many use-cases.</p><ul><li>As you said: You want to focus on the <em>"modem"</em> part first...</li></ul>