Very good Lee, when I finally get knee deep in this I’ll most likely be yelling for suggestions….Thanks so very much.
John > On Mar 8, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 8, 2019, at 12:22 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> If you are concerned about the thermostats, you can absolutely segment your >> network and add a VLAN for the thermostats that only allows them access to >> the internet with a 1 way trust that will allow you access to the >> thermostats but won’t allow traffic to be initiated from the thermostats >> into the rest of your network. > > He’s suggesting a variation on what I’m doing. You can put the thermostats on > a “guest” network with no open incoming ports so they can call home, but > nobody can call them. Mine isn’t quite that strict. For example, I’m reminded > some of my son’s gaming ports are still open, even though he doesn’t live > here any more. (Gotta fix that one of these days.) > > I have my visitor network set up so traffic can’t pass from the visitor > network to the home network. A good router will let you do this within its > routing table. > > L^2 > > ---- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The story so far: In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made > a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. — Douglas > Adams > The Restaurant at the End of the Universe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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=e2nOF2E-si-O8g_6-SvJetlw7WjxdNGoMdTNhNXDYso&s=0u0kxCnvYvK9OPq3UaSw4ijlIlJT0lfqdnXyzCZheeI&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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