Luckily the outer cowling comes off with a simple twist. You can't plug any cables in without shucking that shield, it better be simple.

The rifling fins along the inside of the barrel cowling are perhaps there to encourage air circulation, as this tower has no fan to cool itself.

Under the hood we see the real branding on this guy. Google has contracted with TP-Link for the first iteration of the OnHub.

Smug TP-Link guy approves of this product. Let's see how he feels once the ASUS OnHub is on the table, "later this year."

We also get a peek at some components. Is that an antenna we see? We're itching with anticipation.