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Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by surround on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:29PM (#22401160)
I have some crappy IOT devices, but I cannot control them unless they are on the same WiFi network as my phone (e.g. Sonos). What should I do?
Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by Thriptic on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:51PM (#22410996)
That's going to be hard to deal with, principally because I'm sure many of the control apps only search for devices on your local subnet and don't allow manual specification of IP. If they do allow manual specification of IP, then you could probably do what the other person who replied to your question suggested: multihome a router, establish a hardened second network, and leverage port forwarding. If they don't, then you need to put them on a separate network and put a controller on that second network too (eg an old phone, tablet, smart speaker).

Alternatively, you could set up a bridge by hardwiring the device to a raspberry pi and then use the pi's WiFi to connect to your existing network. You then set up traffic forwarding across the NICs, man in the middle all the traffic, and only allow certain traffic in and out. This avoids the need to create a new network.

Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by squarefoot on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:51PM (#22401745)
A small router device put in between might help, say a repurposed (OpenWRT?) WiFi access point, or a small Microtik or similar devices. By having forcing all IoT devices on a second private WiFi network would allow to set rules so that for example they can be reached by devices on the home network but are prevented to connect anywhere else on the outside.