Smart bulbs with no hub required

[PaulDesmond]

Hi. i am looking at getting smart light bulbs to go with my amazon (Alexa ) dot. These say no hub required.

I must have a wireless router surly?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-Tapo-Amazon-Colour-Changeable-Required/dp/B08Z4KCJZY

 

[rgd1101]

third image on amazon website

 

[PaulDesmond]

Yes that's okay but how does this hub system work. I never heard of hubs. I googled hubs but on the back of my wireless router there are 4 ethernet connections. Does this mean that my router is both a router and a hub? A simple connection idea for these things would help. Why would I need a hub? I don't understand but have a good grasp of computers systems. Routers, protocols and packets are a foreign language to me.

 

[rgd1101]

it is using wifi

 

[PaulDesmond]

Okay so no help here then. 🙁

 

[kanewolf]

Okay so no help here then. 🙁

Alexa devices are typically WIFI. A phone connected to your network would use WIFI. I don't understand how a WIFI requirement would be a limitation.

 

[rgd1101]

if you have question. scroll down on amazon site. it have a spot for question

 

[Gam3r01]

Yes that's okay but how does this hub system work. I never heard of hubs. I googled hubs but on the back of my wireless router there are 4 ethernet connections. Does this mean that my router is both a router and a hub? A simple connection idea for these things would help. Why would I need a hub? I don't understand but have a good grasp of computers systems. Routers, protocols and packets are a foreign language to me.

Some smart devices require a hub, which is a device that connects via wifi to your router, and then handles traffic to all the smart devices via its own methods.
The TPlink device you listed does not require a hub, each device connects to the wifi directly, independent of anything else.

I like TPlinks smart products.