I like my routers dumb and without a speaker and microphone.
Google Announces Nest WiFi
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought it was funny they said "has a speaker with the Google Assistant" rather than "has a microphone listening to you for Google Assistant"
You can disable the microphone via a Hardware button.
I would rather have a button to remove it. but you can't have everything.
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#24Don't buy a Wifi router from Google. We all know that they are incentivized to collect data from you
I bought Google Wifi because I wanted a mesh wifi network and I expected their firmware to reasonably secure. Most of the major router companies have atrocious security records.
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#25> You can get a two pack with one router and one point for $269 No mention of whether it supports 802.11ax. Why are WiFi devices lagging in speed advancements so much? I ended up purchasing a second hand AirPort Extreme because it’s still one of the best performing 802.11ac devices (in my anecdotal experiences of running a lot of clients)... and it’s OLD!
https://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/wifi-rout... works like a charm
What is with router designs? Can we just get a clean box with as simple of antenna as possible?
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#26How is this different than the already existing Wifi Mesh devices?
This probably replaces wifi mesh devices - eventually, or pretty soon, depending on some exec's ambition.
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#27> You can get a two pack with one router and one point for $269 No mention of whether it supports 802.11ax. Why are WiFi devices lagging in speed advancements so much? I ended up purchasing a second hand AirPort Extreme because it’s still one of the best performing 802.11ac devices (in my anecdotal experiences of running a lot of clients)... and it’s OLD!
It does not support ax/wifi-6 and doesn't even have a dedicated backhaul channel between APs. This is overpriced garbage with 5 year old tech. The only thing "new" about it is they crammed an assistant in it. I am extremely disappoint.
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#28Don't buy a Wifi router from Google. We all know that they are incentivized to collect data from you
That and their support is terrible. I had a google wifi AP die 3 days outside of its 1 year hardware warranty and their support told me, nothing I could do but throw it in the trash. They don’t repair them and wouldn’t replace it for me. Google also doesn’t have a great track record of long term support for hardware devices. Although with Nest division that might be different.
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#30> You can get a two pack with one router and one point for $269 No mention of whether it supports 802.11ax. Why are WiFi devices lagging in speed advancements so much? I ended up purchasing a second hand AirPort Extreme because it’s still one of the best performing 802.11ac devices (in my anecdotal experiences of running a lot of clients)... and it’s OLD!
> No mention of whether it supports 802.11ax. Even if it does support WiFi6( 802.11AX), there are no client devices that support WiFi 6 yet. EDIT: Apparently iPhone 11 pros support WiFi6 [0] [0] ( https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-iphone-11-supports-wi-fi-6-h... )
I got an 802.11ac access point before I got any clients. Either the chicken or the egg has to be first, and I don't replace my router together with my laptop/phone. I've had the same router for at least five years and only got a new one from the ISP because our current one didn't support IPTV. The old one is still in use elsewhere in the house as additional access point and is probably almost ten years old now.
Somewhere in a router's lifespan, someone in my household will buy a new Wi-Fi client. If I need to get a new router, I might as well buy one that I don't regret and want to replace within its components' lifespan.