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    How does an IoT device receive a command from the internet?

    Thanks, Holbs. I see the potential there, but I’m not at that level yet. Are you implying/suggesting that yes, there are packets passing through (there must be, since the stuff works) that my router doesn’t log because it’s allowed?
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    How does an IoT device receive a command from the internet?

    Thanks. I have no desire to block the device, which would keep it from functioning. If it creates a secure tunnel to the endpoint, then it shouldn’t be susceptible to hacking unless the endpoint is hacked, right? And shouldn’t my router log those endpoint accesses when they occur? I can see...
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    How does an IoT device receive a command from the internet?

    I have done a bunch of searching, but have not found a clear explanation of how a device like a wireless thermostat or a wireless light switch receives a command to change its state. I ask this because I know from general experience that my router firewall does not allow packets from the...
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    Christian Vaccine Exemption Form

    My wife tells me the Watchtower Society is promoting the vaccines
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    Christian Vaccine Exemption Form

    I don’t mean to be argumentative either. If there’s going to be a discussion, all sides should be heard. I did not mention that COVID has occurred within our family. In March, my 38 yo son-in-law (unvaccinated at the time) contracted COVID. So did my 10 yo granddaughter. SIL recovered within in...
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    Christian Vaccine Exemption Form

    45 years ago, when I was still in college, my father underwent gastric surgery. Several months later, his doctor told him it was vital that he get the swine flu vaccine. He did, and two weeks later, he started losing feeling in his hands and feet. It progressed to where he was hospitalized and...
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    Planned obsolescence on cheap IP cameras?

    I hope that neither you nor anyone else who has segregated their cameras from their main LAN think that I am questioning your decision or wisdom in so doing. I am not questioning that. I sincerely appreciate the knowledge, opinions, and experience that are shared so freely here. We all make...
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    Planned obsolescence on cheap IP cameras?

    Has anyone here heard of the “Eli Whitney Syndrome?” The only reference to it that I found on the net attributed it to Pat Bedard, race car driver and longtime writer/editor for Car and Driver magazine, which is almost certainly where I heard of it. Eli Whitney Syndrome (I’ll call it EWS)refers...
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    Planned obsolescence on cheap IP cameras?

    If you were concerned that this might happen, it might be good to set up an IP reservation for that device, and block its Internet access, since it sounds like it “un-isolated” itself.
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    Planned obsolescence on cheap IP cameras?

    How would they get a firmware update if they were isolated from the outside world on a different network?
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    How to remotely view cam's and use NVR from portable devices?

    Great guidance from wittaj! When I set up OpenVPN on my Netgear router, I found a how-to on the Netgear support forum. It was very simple. I only ran into difficulties when it came time to add my certificates to the OVPN client for my iPhone. My router had produced 3 separate certificate files...
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    Just a single NIC. I’m evaluating whether I want to go to the trouble of dual NICs or not.
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    Samplenhold- That thread title was just a form of clickbait having some fun intended to generate reactions and helpful information. When I wrote “tinfoil hat”, I was wondering if everybody who felt it important to install a second NIC was also setting up a VLAN to isolate all their IoT devices...
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    Does Netgear provide a back door into their routers for ISP’s? I own my router, they didn’t supply it. They did supply the cable modem, which I promptly set to bridge mode because I didn’t want to use their WiFi or give them that level of control.
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    Grandkids were watching TV streaming via WiFi, so I did the next best thing: I unplugged the network cable between my router and the rest of my network. Then I went out to my BI PC, (temporarily located in my workshop in another building), and I can still see my cameras live from one end of my...
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    Isn’t there a difference between “going through the router” and “having access to the router?” As I understand network communications, when my camera streams its feed to the BI PC via one, two, or 3 switches separate from the router, it is doing so via ARP tables in the switch directing the...
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    Is two NIC’s to segregate cams from internet a tin foil hat?

    I have searched a fair bit and not found a satisfactory answer to this question. My router is set to block the cameras from having access to the internet. Wife and I are both retired, so only computer always on our network is the Blue Iris PC. We surf the net using iPads, stream YouTube TV or...
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    VPN to similar network IP scheme

    Thanks for posting this. Since I anticipate using my VPN regularly when at one of my kids‘ houses, I‘ll look at configuring my home network with a different private address scheme.
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    Recommend an Asus WiFi Mesh system for me

    Thanks for the recommendation. I had pretty much concluded that I’d get an AX68U and reconfigure the Netgear as an AP. Then yesterday I updated the Netgear’s firmware, did a reset on it, and by doing so finally resolved a problem I’ve been living with for years. Now I will see if I can get its...
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    Thanks everyone.
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