OnHub

#1

Post by ropiku » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:21 PM UTC

OnHub
on.google.com

Re: OnHub

#2

Post by chirau » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:24 PM UTC

It looks very polished, not sure of its distinct value preposition over other routers currently on the market

Re: OnHub

#3

Post by adriancooney » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:25 PM UTC

Very interesting. From looking at the specs, it looks like they're packaging a server and marketing it as a router. The configuration app is a very nice touch, routers have always a pain to configure. I'd love to stick this in my apartment (even though I can only receive a maximum of 10mb/s).

As a side note, I'm surprised this isn't marketed alongside the Nest branch. It really has the look and feel of Nest products with the LEDs and the speaker aesthetic. Also surprised this isn't an "Alphabet" product.

Re: OnHub

#4

Post by mostafah » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:26 PM UTC

on.google.com/hub for a product named OnHub? Does that mean more OnXXX products are on the way?

Re: OnHub

#5

Post by serverholic » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:26 PM UTC

I love the design but I wish it had an ethernet port (or two).

Edit: I spoke too soon.

Re: OnHub

#6

Post by binarysolo » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:27 PM UTC

$200 for the unit -- so it's competing on the higher end of consumer routers against offerings such as Apple's Airport. They seemed to have paid a lot of attention to human-friendly UI/UX though.

Would probably wait for reviews to see what's up.

Re: OnHub

#7

Post by brokentone » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:27 PM UTC

chirau wrote: post #2

It looks very polished, not sure of its distinct value preposition over other routers currently on the market

From a quick read, it seems to be an easy to use QOS and security setup.

Re: OnHub

#8

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:27 PM UTC

chirau wrote: post #2

It looks very polished, not sure of its distinct value preposition over other routers currently on the market

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Re: OnHub

#9

Post by jamesfmilne » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:27 PM UTC

serverholic wrote: post #5

I love the design but I wish it had an ethernet port (or two). Edit: I spoke too soon.

It does.

One LAN, one WAN.

Re: OnHub

#10

Post by twoodfin » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 4:28 PM UTC

Hard to believe there's a huge market for $199 WiFi routers, no matter how sophisticated.

On the other hand, even a sprinkling of installations is probably pretty valuable if it allows Google to derive more accurate ISP performance numbers. There's got to be some benefit in having thousands of devices directly connected to the ISP's network on the consumer end 24/7.