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Google's wifi solution looks interesting. I don't know how friendly they are to tinkering and third party firmware, but there doesn't seem to be a big community around it. In theory, it should be possible since they are based on chromium OS.

Apple's management app for the Airport line is one of the few great features of that product. So much more convenient than a web interface. Of course I don't trust anyone else to implement something half as good as what they did.

Aren't those apps just a replacement for people who can't (or don't know how to) login into and manage their router ?

Typing in raw IPs in the URL bar is not something many laypeople are comfortable with exactly. Private LAN addresses seem odd if you navigate the web with a search engine.

That's what I mean yeah.

On the other hand some ruters use url's like http://routerlogin.net and from my perspective that seems dodgy since that could mean all the routers are centrally configured somehow.