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Re: OnHub

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Post by heywire »

The design reminds me of something between a Mac Pro, Amazon Echo, and D-Link's "cloud" routers.

Re: OnHub

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Post by jevgeni »

tdkl wrote: post #189
andrewla wrote: post #184

From [1] Get started Welcome! To set up your OnHub, you’ll also need: Google account Android or iOS device Broadband connection Google account? That seems like an unnecessary requirement for a router. [1] https://on.google.com/hub/support/#get-started

How can they link all collected data then ? Could be worse - a G+ account.

A Google Wave account.

Re: OnHub

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Post by jamesblonde »

gregpilling wrote: post #133
jamesblonde wrote: post #101

In the Clommunity project, designed for the world's largest wireless community network (Guifi.net), we have developed a Linux Distro, called cloudy, for these kind of boxes: http://cloudy.community/ We are using the boxes to provide "cloud" services to other users in the Guifi network (30K+ deployments). We currently have 20 rolled out with another 20 coming soon. We're expecting 100+ by the end of next year. It supp…

could you make a small local cloud with that, in Arizona?

Yeah sure. It's built using decentralized (gossip-based) protocols such as Serf (https://www.serfdom.io/) and you just need one IP to act as a bootstrap.

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Post by mikeash »

packetslave wrote: post #199
Hello71 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

meaning that if everyone in the neighborhood owns one, there will be six times as much congestion and everyone's internet access will be even slower than before!

you might consider learning how wifi actually works

It would be much better if you could educate us on what they got wrong, rather than just being mean.

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Post by knightofmars »

mtgx wrote: post #180
ropiku wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that it has ZigBee, Bluetooth 4.0 I think it's meant to be a hub. It also mentions Weave which would work well together with Nest: https://nest.com/support/article/How-does-Nest-Protect-conne...

What about Thread?

Thread uses the same hardware and radio protocols as Zigbee but a different software layer on the top.

Re: OnHub

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Post by misterbwong »

Am I the only one thinking this is Google's stealth echo competitor? It has all the right pieces. It's constantly connected to internet and power, zigbee/bluetooth/wifi, speaker, decent (enough) CPU, front end app.

I'm sure they already have an API built into the back end. All they would need to do would be to build a gateway API for developers and add a mic.

Re: OnHub

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Post by mikeash »

marvy wrote: post #185
wging wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I've had a cable modem, all I've had to do is connect my router to the modem via Ethernet. When I've had modemless service via Ethernet jack, all I've had to do is connect my router to the wall Ethernet jack. So what are you talking about? Purchasing your own cable modem? Or something else that I've never had to do?

If you have DSL, the modem and the router are the same box, so if you want your own, you have to throw out the one the ISP gave you, and configure yours by yourself. In practice, I bet you could just call up the ISP if you're having trouble, but I agree that an ISP has an incentive to give you a good unit to start with.

I haven't had DSL in a while, but when I did, the ISP just provided a modem with a phone line connector and a single ethernet connector. There's no requirement for DSL to bundle the modem and router.
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