G+_Jason Perry Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Do you have a network for your IoT devices? If you do, what's its name? If you dont, what would you call it if you had one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jared Messervy Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 DangerWillRobinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Travis Hershberger Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Dark Side Cookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Gros Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 For me, my IOT network and my wireless network are the same thing. All of my wireless traffic is considered untrusted. Anything important passes through copper, and then fiber and possibly some more copper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marco van Laerhoven Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yes, Both wired and wireless. The wireless one has the same SSID as my main network with a '-3' suffix. I don't have a need for people to know the purpose of my networks :) The wired network is called IoT, but that is only visible in the management layer of the network, inaccessible to mere mortals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Sullivan Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I have a UVerse supplied modem/router which also provides wifi to a number of devices, both IoT and not. One wired connection from that router goes to an Ubiquity Edge router. On the LAN side of the Ubiquity I run hard-wired to my main computer (this one). Anyone on the WAN side of the Ubiquity can see all the other devices, plus the name of the Ubiquity network, but they can't access the Ubiquity network. I would tell you the name of the Ubiquity network, but then I'd have to .... well, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Gros Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 We probably have a very similar setup John. But I'd rather not find out! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Fromtulsa Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Was it Leo La Laporte who suggested a good wake word for Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, Cortana would be, "Hey, Wiretap!" ? In that vein, a good choice for an IoT network would be HAL 9000, that worked out so well for humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 I am leaning towards naming it something that doesn't identify it as an IoT network; but, I am thinking SkyNet would be another front runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Dux Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Searching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Marsh Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I use SkyNet for any WiFi I setup for my friends, so that when I'm over to work on security cams, NVRs, laptops, etc. I don't have to look up the wifi creds. Bonus is that when they visit each others' homes they don't have to ask for the wifi. It's mutually beneficial for them. For IoT at my own home, I use a client-isolated guest net so anything on it can only reach the internet, not anything else on the guestnet or my private (+W)LAN. I tried the 3dumb, but that's two more devices to keep track of creds for... If you're just looking for a random SSID to give your IoT net, any existing SSID from across town or close enough to what your ISP does for all their ignorant customers is good enough. Anything like WIN_#####, ATT#####, XfinityWifi, etc would look inconspicuous enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Fromtulsa Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Jason Marsh Cox Cable spread open WiFi around Tulsa. It was possible for a couple of years to go nearly anywhere without losing connection to Linksys. Of course, once a gadget connected to any Linksys and "remember connection" wasn't disabled, it was like a WiFi mesh. Kinda' too bad Cox started shipping its router modem combos with default security. Miss being able to walk miles with my phone with nearly seamless free WiFi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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