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What is the use of the display on a Wi-Fi router? I did not touch mine since I have installed it and the next time I will touch it will be when I will replace i
by AdrianB1 7y ago
What is the use of the display on a Wi-Fi router? I did not touch mine since I have installed it and the next time I will touch it will be when I will replace it. It is as fire and forget as possible.
- awill 7y agonone. You'll look at it once, and then never again. It's not a good use of resources. Still, this is targeting the average user, so it looks cool.
- bearcobra 7y agoFor a good portion of the population understanding that this blinking light = powered on but not connected to the internet vs that blinking light = powered on and connected to the internet isn't particularly easy, but can still perform some basic levels of troubleshooting. Having a display to show those errors would be useful to them.
- IshKebab 7y agoIt's extremely useful when diagnosing problems that occur before you have managed to connect to the router. I be a lot of people don't have an ethernet cable and a USB-ethernet adapter for the laptop lying around, so you have to connect via wifi. What if wifi isn't working? Very annoying. It is quite useless after everything is set up though.
- r00fus 7y agoMy parents have an Amplifi, and it's useful for them to issue the update (shows up on screen) - easy for the most part. They can also reboot the Amplifi without the plug/unplug.