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Apple Homekit certification is a good, easy label to recommend. It requires offline/LAN-only basic operation. One of the overlooked features of the Apple Home
by reaperducer 1y ago
Apple Homekit certification is a good, easy label to recommend. It requires offline/LAN-only basic operation.
One of the overlooked features of the Apple Home app is its ability to firewall your IoT devices. If you have a compatible router:
Home Settings → Wi-Fi Network & Routers → HomeKit Accessory Security
The options are:
Restrict to Home
Automatic
No Restriction
The Automatic setting only allows devices to talk to a manufacturer whitelist of connections for things like firmware updates. The other two options are self-evident.
I've found that "Restrict to Home" occasionally causes problems with older devices.
- Marsymars 1y agoIt’s rightfully overlooked now because HomeKit Secure Routers are basically dead. I actually have a router that supports it, but I don’t dare turn it on because I have no confidence on it continuing to exist and the migration path back off it looks like a pain.
- macintux 1y agoThat's a shame. News article covering the apparent abandonment: https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/22/apple-has-abandoned-homekit-secure-routers-claim-vendors https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/22/apple-has-abandon...
- reaperducer 1y agoI wonder if things have changed since that article was published a year-and-half ago, because my eero, with the firmware from a few days ago, still supports it.
- Marsymars 1y agoI assume it’s in some kind of maintenance support mode. Actually removing support from routers would be a nightmare for anyone who’s set up their home by pairing devices through a HomeKit router - all their HomeKit devices would become unpaired.