Why are all these mesh Wi-Fi products (Google Wifi, Eero, UBNT AmpliFi, ...) only available in the US?
Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system
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#112Just for everyone focusing on gimmicky features, this is an OnHub, which are intended to just work. Under the hood, they run ChromiumOS, including things like trusted boot (yes, this home router has a tpm), and the A/B partitions so when you get an automatic update, (which happens during a time of low bandwidth usage), it reboots into the new version in about 6 seconds. The security team is awesome: they pushed an up…
Wait, OnHub doesn't support IPv6?! That's inexcusable. There's no reason IPv6 couldn't "just work" too. Google Wifi had better support IPv6 at launch.
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#113Despite their claims of being designed for user privacy, I'm wary of anything Google puts out. What information does it report back to the mothership?
I feel the same way. Was also disappointed with my Chromecast after it just stopped being able to connect to wifi and eventually wouldn't even boot at all. What kind of warranty and privacy disclosures does this solution come with?
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#114I'm a little concerned that an android device is listed as _required_... i would hope all functions of the wifi devices can be configured/administrated from the web or just an internal browser pointed to the device(s).
There are onhub apps for ios and Android
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#115Introducing a new way to spy on you? A WiFi repeater will do the trick...
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my NYC apartment, the physical WAN connection is in a rather unfortunate location. There's no good spot to place a router in the center of the apartment, and no unobtrusive way to run cable there if there was such a spot. As a result I have to choose between a wifi dead zone in my bedroom, or a strategically located repeater. I've chosen the latter. If I lived in a less dense area, in a wood-framed house of the sa…
Unless you have lead walls, a ~1000 sq ft apartment should be fully covered by a single access point. The problem in NYC is that there's just too much band crowding; adding more access points is only going to provide an improvement (if any at all) until everyone else does it, too, and then it's going to be worse for everyone. We really need better solutions for extremely high-density deployment of competing WiFi netw…
Unfortunately, it doesn't take lead to attenuate WiFi signals. Many turn-of-the-century buildings used chickenwire under plaster on the interior walls. This makes a pretty effective Faraday cage:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126221116097210861
My SF apartment is the same -- well under 1,000sqft, need an enterprise router and a substantial repeater to get signal on the end opposite from the cable modem.
Re: Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system
#117Just for everyone focusing on gimmicky features, this is an OnHub, which are intended to just work. Under the hood, they run ChromiumOS, including things like trusted boot (yes, this home router has a tpm), and the A/B partitions so when you get an automatic update, (which happens during a time of low bandwidth usage), it reboots into the new version in about 6 seconds. The security team is awesome: they pushed an up…
Ah yes, deprioritize features then spin it as "we just want to make sure it's perfect", as if IPv6 is some kind of work of art or delicate baking.
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#118You can tell this product is made by people who live in suburban McMansions. In a 1 BR NYC apartment, you have no problems with wifi coverage.
Have you been to Silicon Valley? It may be a very wealthy area, but you wouldn't know it from the square footage counts of what people live in.
Re: Introducing a new kind of Wi-Fi system
#119Just for everyone focusing on gimmicky features, this is an OnHub, which are intended to just work. Under the hood, they run ChromiumOS, including things like trusted boot (yes, this home router has a tpm), and the A/B partitions so when you get an automatic update, (which happens during a time of low bandwidth usage), it reboots into the new version in about 6 seconds. The security team is awesome: they pushed an up…
Wait, OnHub doesn't support IPv6?! That's inexcusable. There's no reason IPv6 couldn't "just work" too. Google Wifi had better support IPv6 at launch.
>That's inexcusable
Except it's not, we live in an IPv4 world.
Edit: How are you guys downvoting me on your v6 connections? HN only supports v4.