FYI, some MyCloud devices can be modified to just run Debian. I treat my MyCloud as a cheap Linux box with lots of storage in a convenient form factor. If it weren't for that, I'd just build a computer.
Could it be that most hardware vendors feel that their value-add is in software? Or they feel offering something like OpenWRT would cannibalize sales of their higher end offerings like VPN routers?
I will not buy a router if I can't flash OpenWRT on it. It's a requirement for me now.
The day I got a you-have-a-virus-call-us popup on Chrome on my phone was the day I switched over to Firefox with ublock. I wasn't even visiting a sketchy site.
Seeing so many timeless logos from the 60s and 70s make it look like that era was the golden age for logo design. OTOH, that might just be survivorship bias.
Does this mean Google might readd Qi to their phones? They took it out a couple years ago saying that usb-c would be more convenient due to it being doublesided and fast charging.
Makes me wonder: if the Roku was released today, how successful would it be? Seems like they have a huge first mover advantage in that people know it. But now there are lots of big players in the game who can really polish their respective products. I guess this IPO is supposed to help with that, but I feel this just means that there's a challenging road ahead.
How much do you care? How much do they care? I go to lots of people's houses and they openly give me the wifi password to their network.
That said, having security is good. And building networks is fun. :)
If you are comfortable with a little Linux you could get a router and reflash with OpenWRT. Divide into 2 different VLANs. Have one port on the router connect to your VLAN and the other port connect to your neighbor's. If you use your own router on this port, you would treat this port as WAN and your own network as LAN. It would probably be NATed so your neighbor would have a harder time getting into your network. The OpenWRT GUI makes it pretty easy, but it helps to know a little about subnets and routing.
For a commercial solution, you could get a Ubiquiti Unifi gateway with a Unifi switch. Basically does the same thing. I'm not sure I would say their GUI is easier or harder than OpenWRT. You still need to know a little about networking.
If you don't sufficiently trust your neighbor having access to the WAN port, you could connect your own VPN router to your port on the VLAN.
I like to think that I am interviewing the person and not the company. And the person defines the engineer and not the company they work for.
I try to treat everyone the same, if nothing else, but to have a baseline. Of course, I'm biased, but more towards referrals.
This makes me wonder, do some people treat those coming from a tier-100000000 company differently? Are there companies that someone might work for that would have a negative effect on them?
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