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> Not nessasarilly. I suspect that in home wifi will continue to be common Home WiFi has been widespread for at least a decade, and the UX for bypassing NAT is
by krakensden 13y ago
> Not nessasarilly. I suspect that in home wifi will continue to be common
Home WiFi has been widespread for at least a decade, and the UX for bypassing NAT is worse than ever. UPnP still comes disabled or broken, if at all.
You could build a better experience, but you will never, ever get Microsoft, Apple, Google, Cisco, or Belkin to cooperate, so we're still DOA- the curious need to learn a shitload of scary tech or buy new equipment.
- tmzt 13y agoYou could build a fairly universal application for flashing DD-WRT or a similar firmware on an available router, and supply updates for new routers or flashing mechanisms through a web service. Another concern is standalone routers becoming less and less common as ISPs supply routers.
- ef4 13y ago> You could build a fairly universal application for flashing DD-WRT That is definitely not the way to get mass adoption. Way too much friction. It's the difference between installing Ubuntu from DVD and buying an Android device: you need to sell it preinstalled for mass adoption.
- gizmo686 13y ago>Home WiFi has been widespread for at least a decade, and the UX for bypassing NAT is worse than ever. UPnP still comes disabled or broken, if at all. Hopefully IPv6 will make this a non-issue. EDIT: Also, a specifically designed 'personal cloud' could also go between the main cable to your house and your router, bypassing any NAT issues with the router.
- ef4 13y agoYou don't need to get the user to open up ports to build a home server appliance that seamlessly works. You just need some people with routable IPs to serve as rendezvous points for the rest. These machines can be totally untrusted. From there you can bootstrap a peer-to-peer VPN.