Appliances with IP addresses advice

[BrianL]

I was just thinking of the guy that came to install my clothes washer. I guess I'm stereotyping, but the odds of that guy being able to troubleshoot an IP network connection would be slim to none.

[blacksunshine]

i would never do that but I would ensure that your house is networked with cat5-e in all rooms, at all media centers, at all offices and at all TV's.

cheap and running a hard line network for a number of "wireless" devices will help you maintain true bandwidth throughout. just put a firewall in the front of it

not cat6

[ballisticbudda]

The smart grid, TCP/IP based electrical applicances.....so the GOVERNMENT can control who's using the most power and charge accordingly for abuse....tax accordingly....control accordingly. CARBON FOOTPRINT this is the foundation.

A hackers dream....just plug it all in and see what happens. The Chinese will certainly enjoy browsing the USA power grid.....or better yet...terrorists versed in technology.

Or the government (power company) can turn off your appliances during peak load times.

[lameduck]

To days appliances are on the same level as a $99 game camera. Only difference the camera has a better warranty

[txdukklr]

not cat6

you bet you could run cat6 too. bit more expensive, backwards compatible and would work great. Provides better transmission rates but most devices today aren't running over a gigabit. But heck it's easier to cable up then rip it all out in five years, cat6 is the newer standard.

bigger deal is not to pick up cat5. you might have devices that are power over ethernet and cat5e or 6 will make sure you don't need to have a power adapter.

blacksunshine are you gonna pick up the element rkt? Super nice bow!

[Kdog]

I can see this for your thermostat and fridge/freezer. Not sure about any other appliances.

[blacksunshine]

you bet you could run cat6 too. bit more expensive, backwards compatible and would work great. Provides better transmission rates but most devices today aren't running over a gigabit. But heck it's easier to cable up then rip it all out in five years, cat6 is the newer standard.

bigger deal is not to pick up cat5. you might have devices that are power over ethernet and cat5e or 6 will make sure you don't need to have a power adapter.

blacksunshine are you gonna pick up the element rkt? Super nice bow!

it shoots well

[roundtuit]

Dusty...Send me an email I am in the appliance buisness and I can tell your some of your options and let me know what you are looking for..see ya

[AtTheWall]

A smarter design for applicances, most notably your fridge and freezer.....tie in a propane powered generator that analyzes your power drops feeding these appliances. Since fridge and freezers hold their chill after power outage, the shift over to propane powered generated power can kick in over a 10 - 15 minute transition. From there it's simply keeping the bottle filled. This type of system should only power your applicances...skip the rest of the house and electrical outlets....simply focus on your food and let it run. The propane generator system could read temps from both units....and simply kick on or off when these temp variables need to...allowing the generator and fridge\freezer units to stay cool and functional without a continuous run time.


Bluetooth technology is pretty cool WIFI and it's starting to make it's show with many devices. I can see the big flat screen TV....literally a wall in size....covering the brains of the household. All items talk to the TV via Bluetooth....nothing goes outside the house.....the brain is the TV. If you want to have Internet access....the TV gets the feed but it's firewalled with two layers of security (dual firewall with NAT and Port Mapping management) before that feed hits the TV. The TV is really a multi-purpose computer....server based with SAN RAID for redundancy. Your data is backed up while you sleep and smart phones, tablets, laptops etc....all on the private household network communicate with this device to back themselves up...on a daily schedule as you sleep. No more forgetting backups...the only issue...offsite storage. Offsite storage...I will use a family member's home and swap data with them and they swap data with me. Fire, flood etc....my data is at my Parents, Sisters or some close friend and they in turn have theirs with me. This will be handled via a portable drive or memory stick that covers forever incremental backups. The first big dump will be handled by carrying drives that upload to their system. From that point forward, the data is replicated via SSL over the INTERNET to the other families home...much like carbonite without paying for carbonite. One full backup with only new data backups made, based on priorities...I'm not saving TIVO style TV programming for example....only data that I'm concerned with and if it's gone...it's gone forever. For ever incremental...meaning only the data that is new is added to the backup. The first major backup covers all...incremental from that forward.

On the side or front of the TV....add all the latest and forthcoming connectivity options. Make these connections modular so any changes in technology that come along...simply pull the box\bus out and interchange with the latest standard. If it gets beyond 64bit, from a hardware perspective, it's time to change out the big TV for 128bit yada yada yada as the years go on. If the TV is designed properly...even the hardware itself, the mainboard and it's associated sub-systems, will support a modular upgrade...mainboard with storage, network, wifi technologies etc.

Your smart phone, IPAd (or suitable device) the big TV becomes your monitor..an extension of your handheld device

That's the future...too bad I haven't drafted up something to lock in the patent

Steve Jobs ain't got nothing on Rob Z