Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Wot? While you're still humping that Kushan?

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Damn right

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

No idea, but I sent a (late-ish) application to the trial, so fingers crossed.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

tits up? na, kept out for valid reasons! unfortunately access to the testing area was granted. i hope it isnt this time around!

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

there was no valid reason for trial? tell you the truth if they don't allow me in the trial of Superhub 2AC or Superhub 3 I don't care.
even if they do let me in the trial they might not even give the SH2AC to me for testing might have to get it from Retention again like last time.

I have no time for argument with thenry. just leave my flipping head alone.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Why on earth are they deploying equipment before it has been "tested"? Is this like a blind test?

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

good question

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Because staff have already tested it and it's a really small change from the standard SH2.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Interesting, especially as this isn't the first wave of testing either for the SH2 with ac?

I wonder why they opened it for more testing, especially if it's going out to new customers silently anyway. Intriguing, and I'm only slightly disappointed that I didn't get one with my install 6 weeks ago, heh.

Admittedly, I just want to try out this spangly new ac tech really, so aside from wanting to test the thing to death to report anything weird to VM, my motivations for applying were quite selfish.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

That's kind of what I'm getting at - why bother testing it if you're already deploying it in the field?

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Changing the wireless chip (and consequently, presumably, changing the wireless driver) isn't really a small change in the context of a wireless router, it has the potential to make or break everything and cause a huge headache. Even minor version updates to the same wireless drivers have been known to break things.

After all, the wireless driver(s) were the cause of most wireless related problems with the original Superhub.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

It'll use the same wireless driver as already released kit under the Netgear brand. It's not a big deal.

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Well, wasn't the Superhub 1 also just a rebranded CG3101D or something? AKA "already released kit under the Netgear brand"

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Yes but with custom firmware (aka "bodged").

Re: Superhub 3 with 802.11ac?
 

Just had a private message I was successful in getting in this trial.