Thank you so much Lee, this is how I’ll proceed….You’re such a help for someone such as myself who needs an expert on the big issues.
John > On Mar 7, 2019, at 10:05 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 7, 2019, at 5:06 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Those of you that have sweet dreams of these things, what can I do, and the >> next person that has to install a new HVAC system with a smart thermostat? > > > There are many different things you can do, but I’ll tell you what I’ve been > doing for the last few years. I have two networks at home: a visitor network > and a home network. The home network has IP numbers in the range > 192.168.0.xxx and the visitor network has numbers in the range 10.0.0.yyy. I > put all my “internet of things” stuff on the visitor network and all my > servers and computers on the home network. I also tell visitors to connect to > the visitor network. This way my private stuff is isolated from the devices > over which I have less control. > > I started doing this some years ago when my son was having friends over to > play video games. They all connected to the visitor network. > > Many of the better routers will let you set up dual networks, or you can do > it with three cheap routers in a Y configuration. There are lots of Web pages > with instructions for doing it with multiple routers. > > L^2 > > ---- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours. — > Yogi Berra > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=1RWh9LCGVn_WXAUCRxefuPb6OLu4hIplBOBUKc9BKso&s=sI_GKNAY2Vixu4tHMc5i4M1cbpqBeI_96HtIvVg5-3g&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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