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This reminds me of a product idea I had a while back - a sandboxed wifi router that plugs in to your existing router. When you setup your IoT devices, you poin

by snarfy 8y ago

This reminds me of a product idea I had a while back - a sandboxed wifi router that plugs in to your existing router. When you setup your IoT devices, you point them to the sandbox. I figure this already exists, and nobody cares.

davefp 8y ago
I'm somewhat surprised that home router manufacturers haven't started shipping models with a built-in IoT guest network that has its own VLAN. Incidentally it's concerns such as those raised in the article that drove my decision to use zigbee or z-wave devices for my HA setup where possible.
- notyourwork 8y ago
  Some do, I just setup a ubiquiti amplifi which has guest WiFi feature.
  - Karunamon 8y ago
    MikroTik can do this as well, though in typical fashion for them, it takes a bit of work to set up.
  - davefp 8y ago
    Guest WiFi usually uses a captive portal, I think. I don't think that would work with something like Google Home, which expects to have internet access right away AFAIK