Hi Guys,

Need your help. I have a router to which all th devices are connected. Mostly wireless but the TV is connected via LAN cable. I have installed few apps on the TV from not trusted sources and I dont want the TV on the same network. How do I isolate the TV from the network so that it can still access the internet but cannot see anything on the network. Hope it makes sense.

  • ramble81@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How it’s implemented can vary, but you’re gonna take one of three approaches

    • Microsegmentstion - On a home network this is the hardest but ensures there’s no overlap
    • Separate VLAN - this is usually good if your router can support it and have multiple gateways for each VLAN. Your router can then restrict traffic. Unifi gear does this well and I use this set up to segment my guest and IoT traffic
    • Separate subnets - if your router doesn’t support multiple VLANs this can work, but you still need a router that supports it

    The latter two can actually work with an unmanaged switch as long as you tag your vlans correctly. The key is having a router than can handle it.