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
> 
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> Lee Larson
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