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For my home, I fully believe that if things continue this way, I will need to have three networks at home. The household network and wifi for my wife and our fa

by rietta 11y ago

For my home, I fully believe that if things continue this way, I will need to have three networks at home. The household network and wifi for my wife and our family to use, the work network (hardwired Cat6 because that's how I like it) for my multiple work computers and NAS, and a third network with its own wifi just if IoT. IoT devices need not have access to the other two networks. It would be nice if this level of segmentation were to be built into the higher end home routers. Personally, I enjoy setting my house up "like a data center". But that is far beyond most home owners' abilities or desires for their network.

Pxtl 11y ago
Don't many wifi routers offer a "guest network" feature?
- rietta 11y ago
  Yes, my router does have this. Which we use to have a simpler wifi password just to give to guests. It can only access the Internet and nothing on the LAN.
edent 11y ago
I tried doing this - but there are two complications. Firstly, how do you get your phone/server to talk to the IoT network? Some devices - like the Lifx - expect you to be in the same IP range in order to work properly. Secondly, some IoT devices are wired into the network - specifically smart plugs which use powerline networking, and some HVAC stuff like Tado. It's not an insurmountable problem, but requires careful configuration and accepting some loss of functionality.
Klathmon 11y ago
That's why i'd like to see a separate network for IOT. Think z-wave and friends. Then have an interchangeable controller which can be firewalled to all hell if you want and can run locally if you want as well.
CaptSpify 11y ago
This is how I have it set up. I have a separate network for IoT, with a home-built webpage to reach all of the devices using their API. No Net access for them. It works pretty well for me, but I'm guessing your average-joe doesn't want to write a webpage for every new gadget he gets. It's ridiculous that I've had to do this

by rietta 11y ago

Pxtl 11y ago

Don't many wifi routers offer a "guest network" feature?

rietta 11y ago
Yes, my router does have this. Which we use to have a simpler wifi password just to give to guests. It can only access the Internet and nothing on the LAN.

edent 11y ago

I tried doing this - but there are two complications. Firstly, how do you get your phone/server to talk to the IoT network? Some devices - like the Lifx - expect you to be in the same IP range in order to work properly. Secondly, some IoT devices are wired into the network - specifically smart plugs which use powerline networking, and some HVAC stuff like Tado. It's not an insurmountable problem, but requires careful configuration and accepting some loss of functionality.

Klathmon 11y ago

That's why i'd like to see a separate network for IOT. Think z-wave and friends. Then have an interchangeable controller which can be firewalled to all hell if you want and can run locally if you want as well.

CaptSpify 11y ago

This is how I have it set up. I have a separate network for IoT, with a home-built webpage to reach all of the devices using their API. No Net access for them. It works pretty well for me, but I'm guessing your average-joe doesn't want to write a webpage for every new gadget he gets. It's ridiculous that I've had to do this