[186690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadband Router Comparisons
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hugo Slabbert)
Sun Dec 27 23:08:18 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 20:06:40 -0800
From: Hugo Slabbert <hugo@slabnet.com>
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
In-Reply-To: <568026DA.2020900@mtcc.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Sun 2015-Dec-27 09:58:50 -0800, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
>Nice, but i want my router to have an android environment itself, not=20
>just to
>be controlled by my phone (which i want as well, of course).
Sure. My message was strictly in response to:
>>>This is, I imagine, why Google bought Nest: they want to be that home
>>>central controller. The home router is more ubiquitous though, IMHO.
=2E..and not specifically about:
>>>Which is pretty cool if you need something that is, oh say, a central
>>>controller for your home. Put a headless Android in it, allow 3rd party=
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>>>apps, water the lawn with it. Love ensues.
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Hugo
hugo@slabnet.com: email, xmpp/jabber
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>
>The proximity sensor for app developers would be fun to play with, for=20
>example.
>
>Mike
>
>On 12/27/2015 09:43 AM, Hugo Slabbert wrote:
>>
>>---- From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> -- Sent: 2015-12-27 - 08:49 ----
>>
>>>
>>>On 12/26/2015 11:37 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>>>>Providing security updates is just a cost, there is no upside, because
>>>>these boxes sit in a closet, unloved until they stop working, and
>>>>they're thrown out and replaced by a new unloved box that goes into
>>>>the closet until it stops working again.
>>>IMO, this is the real problem, but there's a real opportunity. Routers
>>>are for most
>>>people the only things which:
>>>
>>>1) are always on
>>>2) have internet connectivity
>>>
>>>Which is pretty cool if you need something that is, oh say, a central
>>>controller
>>>for your home. Put a headless Android in it, allow 3rd party apps, water=
the
>>>lawn with it. Love ensues.
>>>
>>>This is, I imagine, why Google bought Nest: they want to be that home
>>>central
>>>controller. The home router is more ubiquitous though, IMHO.
>>Hence: https://on.google.com/hub/
>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>--
>>Hugo
>>hugo@slabnet.com: email, xmpp/jabber
>>also on Signal
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