Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Home routers
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2015–2023), in 9 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
So many router settings that users can't tell which to tweakUnreviewed
20152026- Router features are numerous but explanations and use-case guidance are hard to find2018-03-30
- Routers are buggy and inconsistent, with UI full of technical questions users can't answer2016-06-19
- Routers are hard to configure; high-end firmware exposes so many settings users cannot tell which to tweak2015-08-18
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- ISP activation requires logging into the router portal, which people find hard2023-10-21
- People with global IPv6 addresses won't know how to configure their firewall2021-08-16
- Router redirects failed domain lookups to a page full of ads2020-04-07
- Visitors must type long random gibberish passwords on phone keyboards2018-07-30
- Router features are numerous but explanations and use-case guidance are hard to find2018-03-30
- Routers are buggy and inconsistent, with UI full of technical questions users can't answer2016-06-19
- Reaching a home machine from outside requires manually configuring NAT, and the obvious setup fails2016-01-05
- Routers are hard to configure; high-end firmware exposes so many settings users cannot tell which to tweak2015-08-18