Superhub : Modem mode - what does it fix ?

[General Maximus]

oh dear, you have deliberately sought to flought the forum rules and policy, prepare to incur the wrath of the moderators. Points are on their way........

[kwikbreaks]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

It's been in the original firmware for ages..

From what I read it was possible to shut some routing functions off via the telnet interface which they closed PDQ when some idiot advertised its presence on their forum. IIRC in doing that they released a totally untested firmware to the whole Superhub population because some minor radio bugs were fixed at the same time (higher channels only available either the "advanced" or Janet & John interfaces but I forget which).

Surely it couldn't have taken several months to produce the pretty pictures that apparently now show how modem mode works and run a script of already existing commands from the GUI?

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

From what I read it was possible to shut some routing functions off via the telnet interface which they closed PDQ when some idiot advertised its presence on their forum. IIRC in doing that they released a totally untested firmware to the whole Superhub population because some minor radio bugs were fixed at the same time (higher channels only available either the "advanced" or Janet & John interfaces but I forget which).

Surely it couldn't have taken several months to produce the pretty pictures that apparently now show how modem mode works and run a script of already existing commands from the GUI?

It did although there was modem mode (GUI version with pretty pictures) in unreleased firmware for at least 2 months prior to R29 beta testing whuch the CEO office was giving out to unhappy customers.

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

Surely it couldn't have taken several months to produce the pretty pictures that apparently now show how modem mode works and run a script of already existing commands from the GUI?

I don't think it took them that long to physically do it. I don't think they wanted to do it at all because the whole point of the shub is that it was supposed to do everything and solve all their problems regarding end user support and I think they probably spent most of that time trying to fix the routing/wireless issues with the hub hoping that they could turn around and say modem mode was unneccessary and only did it as a last resort at the end

[Sephiroth]

I think vanity plays a part in VM's behaviour - they made it more shiny than functional. The SH should be functional and good wireless needs two things: Dual band simultaneity and good antennae, neither of which the SH has, nor its vanilla brother.

A poor "unbeatable wireless" device. Modem Mocde at least fixes that - you add a router that does things properly.