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Don’t have any smart devices in your home!
And if you must, you have to set them up the right way.
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I will never buy any of these devices !🤬👎
instead of a smartphone I have a landline. Instead of smart sockets, I have "normal" sockets. Instead of a smart TV, I have a monitor.
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My touchpad setting is missing on windows 11 , i want to enable two finger scrolling , i watched lots of videos on youtube but didnt work , i also installed gesturesign but dont know how it works
only $800, how much is your commission? my tp link has guest network and much cheaper.
I wish I had half a kilobuck to buy the lastest ASUS devices. No thanks.
Liron you’re the best! I just redid my entire network and am using this router for my main R and four other as nodes. Love the added guest network features. I just wish it worked with more routers other than the Asus Pro lines. Thanks again for the video!
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And the market will be flooded with cheap stuff claiming to follow the security standard. And they won’t.
As long as you can flash them with your own firmware they are fine.
I don’t seem to be able to configure IOT devices that are not on the same network as my phone – where the app is. Do you have solution? Do you switch networks on the phone when accessing IOT devices? Example – my Honeywell thermostat app – I use it a lot – several times per day to adjust the temperature. I really don’t want to change my phones network back and forth each time.
I have plenty of smart home home devices and have had for years. There is not enough code space for firewall code. Yes, a separate isolated network is important. All my WiFi devices are running open-source code or I have installed 3rd party open-source firmware. I do not buy any WiFi device unless is already has the 3rd party firmware or I can install it myself. The 3rd party firmware is either Tasmota or ESPHome. I have a few Zigbee devices. The idea of data having to leave your home network and travel to someone else’s computer to turn of/off or whatever is insane. Not secure in any way. What if your internet connection goes down, their site goes down????? What if they start to charge a monthly fee.
I use my plugs for my lights nothing really important
Only thing with the guest network for me is the dhcp. I have a server that handles that so when I use rhe router it’s gives my wifi devices a different range. Although that might not be a bad thing..
That ASU’s router had better make coffee and take the dog for a walk at that price…. EIGHT HUNDRED US dollars. Yikes!
& stay away from devices from TEMU, Wish, AliExpress
ÂŁ699 unfortunately I`ll have to do without!
Hi, really need some help with HomeKit integration because I keep adding tech but HomeKit doesn’t see them due to being in secure IoT network. Is there a port I can open or checkbox on the IoT network that allows local only connection, because I can’t find it anywhere.
Firewalls, people. There is one built in to your router. Block internet access. Let it only connect over your LAN. Set up Home Assistsnt, and host your own automation network. No cloud. No subscription. It’s not that difficult, and well worth it.
Paranoid much?
I’m not that tech savvy so excuse the question, but if you have your smart home devices on a guest network, will you have to switch your phone to that same guest network, each time you want to control the devices using the phone, or is this not necessary
Thanks
Ideally, your wifi router also supports device isolation, which is often a feature of a wifi guest network; enable it so that the device thinks it’s the ONLY device on the network. If there is an option to see your other networks, your guest & IOT device networks should ONLY have internet access, and not access to the internal networks.
Many older wifi routers will only support a single guest network; however, many dedicated access points do support more than one SSID.
There are OTHER aspects to security that one should ALSO consider while purchasing IOT devices ( Internet of Things ). Usually this means that you are installing an application on your phone. How many other people do other things with their phones, like access your banking information, accessing critical and often personal information; as a result, consider this before you buy non-brand name devices of any sort. Is that no-name brand $3 IOT switch really worth the potential access to your phone, or to your banking information ? Yeah..
These smart devices are connected to your home router before they can even have access to the internet and so it depends on your home router’s firewall as to how secure you’re going to be —— Duh !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you. I play around with a lot of IOT devices and con figuring programming my own ESP32 devices and have always wondered about keeping them connected to the main wifi. This was a great video. Thanks.
Hi Alex, could you check your email and search Doris to see if you have cooperation intention?
i think this is a little "tin foil hat" level lol
I use home assistant with a local connection only
Exactly why I never buy smart devices. I only buy the old dumb ones that need a dedicated remote with no access to the internet.
Expensive router that is…jeeez.
The smart devices are on a network plugged directly into the modem/router. Computers and mobile devices are connected to a subnet created by a router connected to the modem/router.
Nice advice to move IoT devices to the Guest network (or Guest wifi in my case) but there is a small problem. Now I can’t reach those devices anymore. For example my IP camera.
So they are not usable anymore.
So what about the requirement that the device needs to be on the same network as your controller device ie your phone. How does that work if they’re in different networks. I’m surprised you didn’t mention this
i use a PLC, all local no apps!
Liron does seem to me to be very knowledgeable about what he talks about.
That’s a nearly $800 router. There has to be a cheaper way to go. Set up a VPN?
and NOW a standard just came out that can connect to NORMAL bluetooth devices FROM SPACE. Yeah, really.
The only "Smart device" I have is furry, barks, has 4 legs and knows how to work all my buttons!
I only have a dumb house
Alexa make me nervous enough.
Here all IoT devices are seperated in a own vlan and a pretty mux complex rulework in my firewall. Pretty much over the line for a homenetwork, but I feel a bit better tho’
Cost…way out of my budget. Anything comparable at a lower price?
But Liron, that router is almost $800.
Thanks for that video, Liron, although I have always hated the idea of having "smart" devices in my family home.
Many people woke up to the danger after that incident last year with the Amazon smart home shutdown thanks to Alexa.
My lesson is to watch "Demon Seed" from 1977. That particular situation will most likely happen one day, given how depraved AI will soon become…
The best solution is to have ZERO smart anything. When I need to turn on a light or my A/C, I go push a button. The horror, I know…
i only have one Smart device in my home….. its called ……. *Wife !*
You are a living legend brother🎉
I use a smart LED light bulb, and a smart plug and I never knew these risks!
Thanks for the information, Liron Segev! You really helped me keep my network safe!
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Wifi devices vs zigbee or LoRa via bridges.
Running on their own single-SSID-wifi-VLAN separated from my regular laptop, desktop, servers, mobiles …
Enjoyed the video except for the sales pitch for ASUS. Horrible Company that continues to go more and more downhill every day. Not to mention they have the worst customer service on the planet! Please don’t buy their products!
My Home is ANALOG and will likely remain that way.