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Hardware & Technology / Re: NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router
« on: Today at 03:05:46 PM »
I only have one router and a single remote repeater. It covers the house pretty well. Oddly, the guest wifi channel remained working but the primary wifi and ethernet ports were fried. I couldn't login as admin and a factory default reset didn't work and had the added bonus of killing the guest channel.
Having the primary wifi and cat5 out highlighted the negatives of smarthome creep. Alexa would still do reminders, as they are processed on the device. That's 90% of what we use on those, so those were still usable. But I've been putting in a few switches and receptacles (without a hub) that I use for time clocks on some circuits --main water heater, kitchen hot water dispenser, Roomba vacs, desk lamp. ALL of those used the primary wifi. I've been reluctant to go deeper into the 'easy' smarthome controls because they use the cloud via wifi. This incident confirmed why I should remain reluctant.
Having the primary wifi and cat5 out highlighted the negatives of smarthome creep. Alexa would still do reminders, as they are processed on the device. That's 90% of what we use on those, so those were still usable. But I've been putting in a few switches and receptacles (without a hub) that I use for time clocks on some circuits --main water heater, kitchen hot water dispenser, Roomba vacs, desk lamp. ALL of those used the primary wifi. I've been reluctant to go deeper into the 'easy' smarthome controls because they use the cloud via wifi. This incident confirmed why I should remain reluctant.