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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by rblatz on Monday January 04, 2016 @08:11PM (#10840235)
I agree, the wink hub already ships with something like 5 different radios. Also this doesn't look like it supports mesh networking. What advantages does it offer over z-wave or zigbee? And will it be better than Insteon's or Lurton's protocols?
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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by TD-Linux on Monday January 04, 2016 @08:31PM (#10840312)
It supports IP, which is a nice benefit for interoperability and standalone usage (it doesn't require a "smart" hub that understands all of the protocols).
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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by rblatz on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @02:42PM (#10845468)
But it does require a bunch of smart apps that can speak the language for each device you toss on the network.
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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by tilect1 on Monday January 04, 2016 @11:10PM (#10841130)
LoRa mesh networking, not too many details but it appears to be possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdejQkTdC6o
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