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Smart home networking: mesh vs extenders

July 27, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Robert left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Robert has nearly 70 smart home devices and he’s currently using an Eero mesh router plus a non-Eero 2.4 GHz network extender in his house. He’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Eero, guest network, mesh network, mesh networking, network security, smart home, Wi-Fi

3 ways to fortify your smart home network setup

July 12, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

It's 2022 and you have a smart home. Given all of the stories about IoT devices getting hacked or hijacked with malware, are your router and home network prepared to protect your home? If you have an older router or don't use advanced features of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: cybersecurity, Firewalla, guest network, iot, network monitoring, network security, routers, smart home

Insteon hubs use Telnet. Should you be concerned from a security perspective?

August 14, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called in to our podcast hotline with a security question. He's using an Insteon ISY99-4i Home Automation Controller along with Home Assistant to power his smart home. Since the Insteon controller uses Telnet for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: HomeBridge, Insteon, network security, smart home, Telnet

Can you run Home Assistant in a Docker container on the Firewalla Purple?

July 31, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Brian asked an interesting question for our voicemail hotline about the just-announced Firewalla Purple. We actually shared the news about this new addition to the Firewalla product lineup, so Brian's question is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: containers, DIY, Docker, Firewalla, Firewalla Purple, Home Assistant, Linux, network security, smart home

Don’t audit your smart home devices with a router. Use this instead.

March 27, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Sam called in with a question about managing the networked devices in his smart home. Specifically, he wants to get a list of the IP and MAC addresses in his smart home from his Nest mesh Wi-Fi router. Ideally, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: connected devices, Firewalla, google, mesh network, Nest Wifi, network monitoring, network security, smart home, WiFi

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