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I am hopeful that a knowledgeable someone can save me some research time in selecting a new router. I have a few must haves and a few nice to haves: Must Haves: VLAN support with wireless for e...
This would be an ideal opportunity for someone to post links to information regarding the vulnerability of typical IoT devices. My observation is that typical IoT devices:
- Do not accept network connections at all.
- Operate by opening a connection to their "Cloud" to receive commands from their smartphone app.
- May not even respond to network ICMP probes. (Amazon Echo Dot, for example. Try to ping one.)
- Have very limited capabilities.
Seems (to me) that a much more dangerous thing to have on the primary LAN is something like a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.