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Reply to "connect LCS wifi to network without wps"

@andy b posted:

Most modern routers do not have a WPS button because WPS is insecure.  There are ways to get the LCS wifi onto your home network, but you really should not add it to your home network for the following reasons:  It is old and runs on the slow 802.11b protocol. Because of how wifi works, if you join this to your home network, the speed of your entire 2.4Ghz network drops to 802.11b speeds.

This is actually not correct for a couple of reasons.  Rather than type it all, I'll just link one of the many articles on the topic.

Does Just Having an 802.11b Device Nearby Slow Down Your Wi-Fi?

Most modern routers are already dual-band and the 801.11b device will have no effect on the 5ghz band.  Also, unless the 801.11b device has high activity on it's channel, it's unlikely to have much effect on the 2.4ghz channel either.  I've run the Lionel WiFi unit, also 802.11b, and noticed no degradation of speeds.  This conversation came up before, and I did some brief tests.  While the Lionel WiFI was active, it was running (and sending commands), I tested my laptop with a network throughput test.  With or without the Lionel WiFi active, I couldn't measure any significant difference in the throughput.

Oh, and the LCS WiFi Monitor LE works on Windows 10, at least here it does.

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