You will either love or loathe the new OnHub Wifi router that TP-Link and Google have cooked up. If you are of the “I only need it to work” mindset, you will like it. If you are an enthusiast who likes to turn hardware tweaking knobs, to your will and being conscious of everything that is happening under the hood, it’ll drive you nuts.

But both networks make use of the exact same SSID, as well as the router determines for you which network each client should use. Those assignments can alter without notice in the event the router determines it may provide better service during benchmarking as I found, but it is not always right.

The sole method you may set up the OnHub is with a smartphone or tablet PC (Android or iOS) and Google’s program. The program will helpfully direct you get through the procedure for connecting the router to your broadband gateway. The speaker on top of the router is designed to emit a tone that mechanically match your Android mobile to the router.