[jessaustin]

Maybe if your fridge has a touchscreen that will work. But how on earth can the user configure a client light bulb? (More realistically, a client light fixture, but TFA seems focused on bulbs...) Don't tell me that the bulb will just connect to the bulb company's server, because then I have to choose between buying bulbs from only one company or having to deal with nine different light bulb servers. My choice will be bulbs from a different light bulb company.

[noselasd]

For initial setup, there's tons of different methods, though I don't know about light bulbs specifically, but the different IoT devices I've set up have included:

* WiFi direct

* Setup over Bluetooth

* Device broadcasts for autoconfig, get settings from a gateway or local master node.

* Static configuration entered in the IoT gateway based on the physical port the device is plugged into.

* Dip switches

* Initial configuration needs to plug into a PC via USB or serial port and a custom windows program.

* Cryptic sequence entered via IRDA remote control.

[jessaustin]

Thanks, I can see these would be relevant for many different devices. Actually you've reminded me how many VoIP phones use DHCP for this, which would be great for any device that supported it.