I am worried that there is not really a benefit of doing that, just more noise and energy consumption.

  • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I remember reading a few self hosters describing having a separate WiFi for IoT devices, on a dedicated router (opensense) so they can prevent these devices “calling home”. They are maybe other advantages like having different WiFi channels for these things

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago
      • They can’t potentially send my “real” WiFi credentials to someone who might exploit them.
      • They can’t collect data on what is on my network or what I’m doing
      • If one somehow has malware, they can’t harm most of my network or devices (there are well known exploits for cameras, for example)
      • I can more easily limit the amount of bandwidth a poorly behaved device can use