[enraged_camel]

So it requires access to a second wireless network, as well as a router that supports OpenWRT and has two radios.

I don't see anything particularly noteworthy here. He just happens to have a very specific setup and is leveraging it.

[ssully]

I think it's noteworthy only because of how wide spread Comcast's newer router's are becoming, specifically in dense areas in the United States. It's a technique that obviously isn't ground breaking or that technical, but it's actually viable because of these new routers Comcast is renting out as their standard router now.

I live in a typical neighborhood in Chicago; houses are spaced apart enough to where you don't get a ton of wifi overlap, but enough to see a handful of your neighbors networks. I noticed the first "XfinityWifi" network about mid/late last year and now will see between 2 - 3 from my house. I found this post interesting because of how he is leveraging these, relatively, open connections.

[icebraining]

Using a router's second radio as a client is probably novel and unexpected to most HN readers.