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Orbi App
Hello, via the Orbi app can I give a device such as my hue lamp access to Wi-Fi but not the Internet? I see an Internet switch under devices that tells you which devices are connected to which satellite or router. Wondering if this is the option? Thx
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That is what the app says, but I have no idea what it "means". It should be easy to try. "Pause" some device and see if can connect to the internet. (Pick the wife's iPad. NO - just kidding!)
This may not accomplish what you want. My experience is that these "Internet of Things" often open a connection to the manufacturer "cloud server" so that when you use their app to make a change, the connection is actually through their cloud, not direct from your smartphone to the IoT device. That's probably easy to test, too.
