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Hub lights

Manny7860 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:11:50 GMT

Be good if it was like this
Red light no connection
Amber light syncing up
Green light internet online

Re: Hub lights

Gandalf — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:17:03 GMT

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Thanks for your feedback.

Re: Hub lights

Manny7860 — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 18:18:38 GMT

@Gandalf that's good maybe you could pass it on to the relevant team. Will it be able to modify on the hub one or most likely in the future?
Hub dim light enabled now. is good feature on the router settings.

Re: Hub lights

runhare — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:54:10 GMT

And how about a router display showing

current download speed in Mbps
Current upload speed in Mbps
averages of the Above

cant see that it would be that hard to do in this day and age v

if you were able to devise a future router to do this then an awful lot of time would be saved dealing with customers saying their broadband wasn't fast enough , because the evidence of connectivity would be immediately visible to the customer and all efforts could then be directed to finding the actual cause of the problem.

Re: Hub lights

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:57:51 GMT

@runhare - Something like this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016WGT7DQ

Mmm, maybe not.

Re: Hub lights

runhare — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 13:07:06 GMT

@Anonymous

Or this. ?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Touch-Dual-Core-Processor-UK-P5/dp/B00Y86CMA8/ref=sr_1_53?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1514638892&sr=1-53

i can't be sure it displays connection speed information and the visual appearance & design is frankly awful,

but the concept is worth developing.

Re: Hub lights

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:17:12 GMT

That's one ugly bit of kit @runhare. I wonder if there is a way to do this using SNMP, some code, an LCD screen and a Pi?

Could make an interesting project.

Rather than take this thread further off topic, the answer to the above is Yes, it can be done, and it doesn't need a Pi with LCD to do it either (but would look really neat if finished off with a project box). All that is needed is that your device supports SNMP and of course provides the information you want via the OIDs. You'll then need a way of getting this information and Python is a good a way as any so maybe using this library for example.

Re: Hub lights

MauriceC — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 20:10:37 GMT

Nice project for your 'spare' time @Anonymous When can we expect a prototype?

Re: Hub lights

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 21:05:13 GMT

@MauriceC, this one is on my todo list no question about that, but I wouldn’t hold your breath for a prototype, unless you look good in blue!