[davea0511]

I’m just telling you what I experienced, and not just a couple times (at first I thought I was going crazy). According to this (http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus/147857-wifi-mac-address-changes-every-reboot.html) it can happen when there is faulty MAC-addressing hardware on the device side so the OS spoofs a MAC address so you can still use the device, which spoof changes each time you reboot (come to think of it, it was after reboots, not plugging and unplugging).

So likely the dongle was faulty … and the low-privilege anonymous looks like a good option.

Am understanding better how it handles HTTPS, which I understand is a problem with HTTPS, not the router. Thanks!

[davea0511]

Thanks for the reply. Note that Using MAC addresses I did have a problem with my son’s desktop computer (not laptop) in that he used a wifi dongle (renting and can’t route an ethernet to him). Due to the way the usb dongles work, his MAC address changed when he unplugged and plugged the dongle back in. It would be nice if the router could be designed so that they were identified in some other way, if not by Static IP.

About whitelist/blacklist, you are saying that in an HTTPS, you cannot whitelist a subdomain (eg. myblog.blogger.com) if the domain is blacklisted (eg. blogger.com)?

Thanks for the responses!

[davea0511]

Something to investigate … I work with leasing companies that based on the assumed credit of the customer, based on who they are (and I think your target customer will generally have a high credit rating) they will give you upfront the money you need for each router and bill the customer directly themselves for each unit sold. Usually this is done for much higher priced items, and corporate customers, but they might do this as well. They end up charging a whopping 10% interest, but it really makes things easy for everyone. The customer, instead of forking out $120 upfront, starts paying $5/month over a period of a few years. After the lease company get’s their piece they continue acting as a billing service for you and the interest for them becomes a billing fee. Just an idea.

[davea0511]

How many different profiles can we have? Can we have user or device (mac or static IP) dependent whitelists and blacklists? If independent blacklist / whitelists, will it be user-based (enter a password to connect to the internet each time), or mac / static IP dependent? Can the static IP (if done that way) be administered from the router so that the client can’t clear that for themselves? Can we have a profile (specific whitelist / blacklist) dedicated to guests? How about QOS … can that also be assigned to a profile? Lastly, can we make sure the whitelist / blacklist works so that whitelists can punch a hole through a blacklist? My current provider (buctools) has a hard time with that, for like certain blogs, while screening out all other blogspot.com blogs.

I am actually okay with an annual service fee if reasonable, to maintain categories and a community to address concerns, new threats and workarounds as they happen, and I think you’ll find most people are. In fact I prefer that if it insures I’ll get great customer service.

Might I suggest that you do some market analysis to make sure your “no service fee” is as big of a selling point, and that perhaps a different selling feature will be your best bet. Remember skydog was enormously successful despite a service fee. Perhaps your marketing angle would be more successful if pitched the way phones are pitched … free, but you pay for 5 years service upfront. After that you are free to continue using the device with or without the live updates. That’s similar to SkyDog but a longer pay-off time so you can sell the units basically as free. Or maybe 3 years, with a setup fee … anyway you get the gist.

12+ years of self employment in the high-tech arena myself, half in design, half in manufacturing … I’ve made the mistake of giving away the cow with the milk. It is very hard to provide the level of service customers want in the long run when you do that, and to facilitate a lifestyle where you can get someone to do the administrative as you grow the business in other ways, or just reap the rewards of your efforts down the road. You won’t be wanting to resolving customer issues yourself forever, and there is something very satisfying knowing that you’ve created something valuable that will outlive yourself. Hard to do when the internet and it’s challenges changes so rapidly.

Good luck!

• This reply was modified 10 years ago by davea0511.

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