[chilie]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but what would most users need to be able to use the network for if the internet is down?

The only use case I can think of is transferring files around? Do you think that's so common amongst most users?

[izacus]

Watching a movie or listening to music stored on your NAS. Turning your "smart" light off and on. Using your remote (since even those are cloud connected now).

You know, everyday stuff, for which modern IoT equivalents somehow need internet connectivity to work.

[jptman]

But the app is required for configuration, not for actually using your wifi, right? Perhaps I'm wrong.. The overlap for needing to configure your network and the internet connection being down is probably very small, although not non-existant.

[mmebane]

> The overlap for needing to configure your network and the internet connection being down is probably very small, although not non-existant.

It seems to me like "troubleshooting why the internet connection is down" is probably a capability you would want to have, no?

[untog]

Multi room DVRs are one thing that comes to mind. And as more and more IoT devices come out, this'll get more important.

[chilie]

I'm not big into IoT yet - what sort of devices would it be necessary for the network to remain functional if there was no internet connection?

[untog]

Most of them. Light switches, thermostats... they all need to work without an internet connection.