Signed up...

aww they no like me :( 

BarTender:

 

Samknows is coming... and this is what it looks like.

 

I received the e-mail this morning, and binned it because it has a UK postal address, and no mention of the Comcom.

stinger:

 

I received the e-mail this morning, and binned it because it has a UK postal address, and no mention of the Comcom.

Yes... It is a company based in the UK however is working with the comcom: http://www.comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/telecommunications/monitoring-reports-and-studies/broadbandvolunteer/ 

BarTender: I got the email too.

Will update the post with the slide deck. They do WiFi detection using the mac address of your default route on the lan and adding or removing 1 from the Mac address of the SSID. Which for those running their own WiFi APs won't work but the majority of people use the supplied router and built in WiFi. I did suggest saying that you should be able to enter your SSID in their portal. As that is another easy way to figure it out.

I have an unusual set up at home:

ONT --> EdgeRouter

Then from the EdgeRouter X it feeds three devices over Ethernet:

EdgeRouter --> Unifi AP
EdgeRouter --> NanoBeam ~~> NanoBeam --> Unifi AP
EdgeRouter --> Computer

I suppose probably not compatible with their test gear—unless they take up @BarTender's suggestion re SSID detection. If they can detect using the SSID I could leave the APs linked directly to the EdgeRouter (for PoE purposes) and just have the computer connected to the Whitebox?

Maybe not worthwhile for me to participate for the time being.

Got email today been selected. On 2degrees fibre 100/20, Christchurch. 

No love for me with my VDSL connection. I'm interested to hear what others experiences are.

got my email today confirming the box is on its way too, its going to be interesting to see how it all goes!

the first test will be to see if this little white box can keep up and not introduce any complications to my vpns and network

I've not heard either way, I'm on VDSL but in middle of nowhere

@KiwiSurfer:

 

I have an unusual set up at home:

 

ONT --> EdgeRouter

 

Then from the EdgeRouter X it feeds three devices over Ethernet:

 

EdgeRouter --> Unifi AP
EdgeRouter --> NanoBeam ~~> NanoBeam --> Unifi AP
EdgeRouter --> Computer

 

I suppose probably not compatible with their test gear—unless they take up @BarTender's suggestion re SSID detection. If they can detect using the SSID I could leave the APs linked directly to the EdgeRouter (for PoE purposes) and just have the computer connected to the Whitebox?

 

Maybe not worthwhile for me to participate for the time being.

 

Your setup would be easy to support in this scenario as per the update to my second post showing suggested diagrams from the slide deck specifically this one.

All you would do is plug the WAN side of the probe into the ER-X, then plug all your devices including the Nanobeam into the LAN ports on the Samknows Whitebox.

Then there would be no requirements for special wireless detection since everything would be transiting over the LAN side of the whitebox into the ER-X.

Got my email yesterday too, running 1000/500 from Spark in ChCh.

I look forward to adding another box to my collection of networking boxes :)

mine is on its way 

2degrees gigabit Thames

Got selected and en route. 2degrees "near gig" fibre in Palmerston North.

I'm somewhere in the waiting list.

Dratsab:

 

I'm somewhere in the waiting list.

 

 

I'm So Ronery.