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Re: OnHub

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Post by thenipper »

rattray wrote: post #42
exelius wrote: post #13

Hopefully this device actually has the CPU power to run QOS at more than 50mbps... the same can't be said of any other consumer router in the $200 price range.

Can you explain that? What's QOS, how much CPU does it take to run well, and why don't other expensive routers have the power for fast internet?

Quality of Service is when the router shapes the traffic making sure all devices on the network get their 'fair' share so to speak. It can prioritize traffic depending on application and use. So you could deprioritize streaming video for instance if you want to make sure that your skype call went through.

This takes some processing power which not all routers have a lot of.

This link covers it a bit more in depth: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2689995/quality-of-service-ex...

Re: OnHub

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exelius wrote: post #13

Hopefully this device actually has the CPU power to run QOS at more than 50mbps... the same can't be said of any other consumer router in the $200 price range.

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Re: OnHub

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Post by tantalor »

jcfrei wrote: post #31

Here in CH virtually everyone receives a modem/router combo for free from their provider (ie. they borrow it to you). They are also usually preconfigured - so you just need to plug them in. Is it the same in the US? I guess at a 199$ price point this will be a tough sell.

CH = Switzerland?

Re: OnHub

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Post by [deleted] »

jaboutboul wrote: post #64
christop wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the Terms of Service linked from the support site https://support.google.com/onhub/answer/6270620?hl=en&ref_to... "You agree that Google may collect and use technical and related information, including but not limited to information about your computer and/or mobile device, operating system, peripherals, applications, connected devices, network traffic, and data use to facilitate the provision of the Software an…

I wouldn't trust Google with this much access to my internet traffic.

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Re: OnHub

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Post by daveloyall »

You can almost hear the TLA's grunt of relief. Maybe they won't 'go dark' after all.

I mean, hell, even if the consumer monitors the thing, a constant X mbps stream of strongly encrypted traffic to Google is normal.

What do we do? Demand that the device must give us (per-device) keys for the purposes of audit? Somebody will argue that that would open an attack vector...

@EFF, what do we do?

Re: OnHub

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Post by dazbradbury »

Interesting - but I'm not sure what this gives me over something in a similar price range, for example:

http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC68U-Wireless-AC1900-Dual-Band-Gig...

Presumably either you know something about routers and want to enable QoS, install your own firmware, or use some other advanced feature - and you spend money on a decent router. Or you don't, and use whatever your ISP provides (which if it's bad, you blame the ISP for without thinking twice).

So perhaps this is the new router bundled with Google Fibre?

Re: OnHub

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Post by rgoodwintx »

aroch wrote: post #50
0xdeadbeefbabe wrote: post #44

So how does it connect to the app? Buttons and lights are a lot better than no connection.

They tell you, they just tucked it away at the bottom: >When you set up OnHub using an Android device, it uses an audio tone to send a setup code directly to your mobile device for easy and secure setup.

I imagine it's like Echo, and the various sticks out now; if not on Android, you connect to it from your phone as a wifi access point, and set it up from there. When done it reboots and becomes part of your regular network.

Re: OnHub

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Post by fraXis »

I see no mention of being able to use 2 or 3 of these things in an Wi-Fi extender type of scenario that I can do with my current Airport Extreme routers.

Re: OnHub

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Post by daveloyall »

> For initial setup, the Google On app on a device with Android 4.0 or higher or iOS 7 or higher is required.

Bah! What's wrong with my Thinkpad?

Re: OnHub

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Post by agumonkey »

rattray wrote: post #59
agumonkey wrote: post #55

Not communicating by blinking lights is not a feature to me. Progressive enhancement all you want, have a nice app for involved communication, but keep some LEDs for core status please.

> OnHub uses a dimmable light ring that uses one of four color indicators to give you feedback.

Ha, I didn't get that message at all. So the emphasis was on 'not blinking', the colored rim is the ~LED. My apologies.
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