… However, the smart speaker or smart TV can’t initiate a back connection with your phone or laptop. The one pitfall of IoT segmentation is that it quietly breaks device discovery services. Chromecast, HomeKit, Sonos, and Matter rely on mDNS, but with segmentation, they aren’t reachable across VLANs. …
… Smart devices on another. A guest VLAN for visitors' devices. A separate VLAN for my work MacBook Air. And a lab VLAN for a Raspberry Pi 4 running as a smart home hub and a mini PC as a home lab server. …
… Once I start restructuring my home network, segmentation would be the first thing to work on. I was yet to figure out whether it was the social influence or I genuinely felt it was aspirational. Segmentation, no doubt, did look good, and VLANs were presented as standard practice. …
… Related How I used VLANs to separate my smart home devices — and why you should too Why I now always use VLANs to separate smart home devices. …
… Related Curtain automation is fun, but the weird smart home projects are where things get really useful Make your smart home work for you. The right time to label is before you think you need to At the very start of your smart home Small setups feel manageable without labels. …
… Making the LAN smarter Depending on how you have your smart home configured to operate, Home Assistant and other platforms must have access to all your smart home sensors and devices. …
… If you've picked up a load of cheap IoT smart home devices, it's likely they have questionable security and phone home to overseas servers quite often. Creating network segmentation with your old router creates a sort of security shield. …
… Related How I used VLANs to separate my smart home devices — and why you should too Why I now always use VLANs to separate smart home devices. …
… Related How I used VLANs to separate my smart home devices — and why you should too Why I now always use VLANs to separate smart home devices.
… And some of these features become invaluable when setting up a home lab or smart home. …
