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Google Router Rumors

Posted by timothy on from the google-cars-too-pass-it-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new rumor that Google is developing its own router. The company won't comment on the story, but it's been in the hardware business for a while and expanded its presence with Android. If Larry Ellison can go halvsies with HP on a server, then Eric Schmidt should certainly be able to make Cisco nervous."

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  1. one more reason... by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to procrastinate on the CCNA test.

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  2. All that I need now is google underwear! by FictionPimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I need now is google underwear that twitters for me with real time gps tracking so I know where I've been.

    1. Re:All that I need now is google underwear! by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do you really want to wear underwear that's in perpetual beta? Ouch!

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  3. I can see it now... by Ohio+Calvinist · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see it now...

    Z:\>ping 192.168.1.20

    Pinging 192.168.1.200 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 10.2.1.254: Destination host unreachable. Did you mean 192.168.1.2?
    ^C

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    1. Re:I can see it now... by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd be rather surprised if "ping 192.168.1.20" resulted in trying to ping 192.168.1.200. Might want to check your network settings or something.

  4. No Thanks. by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    My router works fine, and I don't have Google stealing all of my LAN packets and serving me ads.

    A fucking grouter had better make me warm delicious waffles if they want me to buy it. Even then, I'd only use it to make waffles.

    And now I'm off to amazon to look for a waffle maker.

  5. Re:In My Opinion, Cisco Should Be Worried by StaticEngine · · Score: 5, Funny

    although behind the NSA as no one's ever sure about those guys

    The real secret of the NSA is that they've got a zombie Alan Turing kept functioning on a combination of nutrient bath and Jeff Stryker porn.

  6. Re:In My Opinion, Cisco Should Be Worried by whoever57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I suppose the "Google Router", if it exists, will put an end to Juniper and Cisco in the same way as Bigtable does for Oracle, PostgreSQL etc.: it doesn't because the technology is so fundamental for Google's success that they simply don't share it.

    Reading TFA, It is basically saying that the loss of Google alone as a customer would doom Juniper. It doesn't matter if Google shares its technology or not as far as Juniper is concerned.

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