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minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoSometimes that doesn’t even matter anymore; they’ll refuse to work now without a network set up.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf it wants a network then stick it on an isolated VLAN with no internet access.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s not what that means and you know it. It refuses to work unless it can successfully phone home over the Internet.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo people in rural areas without good internet, or places where the network is airgapped, can’t use them at all? Seems like there’s be a way around it.
Sometimes that doesn’t even matter anymore; they’ll refuse to work now without a network set up.
If it wants a network then stick it on an isolated VLAN with no internet access.
That’s not what that means and you know it. It refuses to work unless it can successfully phone home over the Internet.
So people in rural areas without good internet, or places where the network is airgapped, can’t use them at all? Seems like there’s be a way around it.