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Network Security

Hey Zak, I recently bought some smart light bulbs and, reluctantly, I have had to connect them to my router on a guest network. I have a Pi-hole that acts as a DHCP server, so I ran into a few issues and ended up having to allow the guest network access to the Internet and LAN for it to work.

It made me think that it would be nice for you guys to do a write-up about the proper way to segment a home network to keep IoT devices from having access to the main network. And maybe you could even specifically include a Pi-hole as a DHCP server.

Thanks for your hard work on the mag.

–Shawn

Hi Shawn, this is a pretty interesting idea actually, and I know just the man for the job! Ian Evenden is a bit of a Pi fanatic himself (he does most of our tutorials these days using the fruit-based computers), so I’m going to ask him to take a look at