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On 2024-07-09 11:25 a.m., Andy Burns wrote:
> Nuno Silva wrote:
> 
>> Popping Mad wrote:
>>
>>> that is often bad it that link is through a cloud service.
>>
>> What!? So far I've only seen web admin interfaces that are on LAN
>> addresses. Which manufacturers are doing that?
> 
> Not my own, but I've seen a Linksys mesh system that requires you to
> create a cloud account, then use a mobile app to login to the cloud
> configure the devices ...

Eero is the same.  Their mobile app is required to manage their stuff
through the cloud.  Apparently it's a feature in some people's eyes.