Amazon is buying Eero

Re:Amazon is buying Eero by lifeisstillgood on Monday February 11, 2019 @05:58PM (#19139334)

Slightly different subject but does anyone know the state of play in (for want of better term) "public mesh" provision - having routers talk directly to neighboring routers and forming advocates local networks (possibly with mobile included?)

It's an area I often think could truly bring about decentralisation but it seems quiet

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Re:Amazon is buying Eero by ransford on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:22PM (#19139874)

Not an answer to your question, but: this is how Meraki started in the previous decade, as RoofNet at MIT [1], then as an independent company building wonderful idiot-proof mesh networking gear. I keep hoping another team of students somewhere will come up with RoofNet's spiritual successor, but interest in stitching together community meshes seems to be waning as everyone gets excited about 5G.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20060831053126/http://pdos.csail...

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Re:Amazon is buying Eero by zchrykng on Monday February 11, 2019 @06:54PM (#19139720)

Yeah, no. I'm not letting anyone I don't know access any part of my network/connection.

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