Should Apple Make Wi-Fi Routers Again? A Conversation with Eric Welander
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Should Apple bring back its Wi-Fi routers? What is the future of HomeKit networking?
I have a candid and lively discussion with Eric Welander, an app developer and fellow content creator that loves Apple and smart home tech. He’s been making videos about it all on KZread since 2018.
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Did Apple try to re-invent secure home networking for Apple HomeKit?
What is the good, the bad, and the ugly reality of Apple's past experience with home networking devices?
Can Apple provide tech support for Apple Home networking that is useful and not frustrating?
We don't always agree, but cover these questions and more!
Thanks for watching!
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Should Apple make Wi-Fi routers again? Would you buy them?
I'd love to hear your feedback in the comments below.
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Do you want Apple to build Wi-Fi routers?
Really liked your video. You are right they are always polite, but to contact engineering would be handy for people with slightly more knowledge. I have two Homepods and one Apple TV 4K and use Apple Home. Something is happening (not sure what), automations stop working and you need to take the power off of the device performing the hub function. The standby kicks in and everything works again. Experience this since iOS 17, but Apple seems to be interested in creating new Emojis instead of fixing these problems.
@DoItForMeSolutions
4 ай бұрын
As Eric said, hard to properly help and diagnose with just a comment back and forth, but my 2c is that almost every problem with HomeKit goes back to their use of the mDNS (multicast DNS) protocol which barely no one else uses (Sonos does, and Google does a little) and mDNS is buggy on much Wi-Fi gear. Try to have your primary HomeKit hub connected with Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi. (Brute force trickery, you can't designate a hub as primary manually). That means the AppleTV as no HomePods at this time, have Ethernet. In worst case situations, I have connected the power supply for every HomePod and AppleTV to non-HomeKit smartplugs so they can be programmed to power cycle late at night or manually be power cycled when problems happen. (Can't be HomeKit plugs because then you lose the connection to turn them back on after you have powered them off!)
Apple was going to make a rolling wifi router with a steering wheel, but they gave that up
@DoItForMeSolutions
4 ай бұрын
A car?
Can't they just buy a company?
@DoItForMeSolutions
4 ай бұрын
Yes! Definitely an option for Apple to buy into the networking market.