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I created a separate, isolated network, which is the only one that guests using Windows can access. Same goes for Android phones running default images from the
by jamesponddotco 6y ago
I created a separate, isolated network, which is the only one that guests using
Windows can access. Same goes for Android phones running default images from
their manufacturers.
That is not reserved only for guests, thought.
My wife is now working from home, and follow best practices when it comes to
device separation, so she uses her company given Windows 10 laptop for work.
That computer can only connect to the isolated network.
At this point, I would argue anyone should do the same.
- pmontra 6y agoHow do you do it? Do you manually give them the password of the isolated network or is there an automatic way to connect those devices to it?
- rohan1024 6y agoMost routers support guest network. You do have to share the password manually. Any new device on my network other than my own logs on to guest network.
- jamesponddotco 6y agoI tell them which network to connect to — the isolated network has a different name than the main one —, and share a link with them containing the password over whatever messaging application we use to communicate. The password for the isolated network has been randomly created using apg[1], so I just share a self-destruct link from a self-hosted PrivateBin[2] instance. The bin part is totally overkill, as long as you create a typeable password using the diceware technique, but since I have the instance running, why not use it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Using apg to generate the diceware password for you is as simple as: apg -n 1 -m 12 -l -c /dev/urandom | awk '{print $2}' Okay, maybe not simple, but you get the idea. [1] https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/disco/man1/apg.1.html https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/disco/man1/apg.1.html [2] https://privatebin.net/ https://privatebin.net/