08-29-2018, 08:43 PM
I am very interested in this topic. I also have a few IoT things and I would like to keep these separate from my main network. I have a thermostat, washer and dryer, some smart-switches, some Amazon Echo/Alexa devices and I have some surveillance cameras coming.
IIRC my 2009 model AEBS has 2 networks, one is setup for my household (strong password) and one is set up for guests (easier to type password).
Now from what in remember, in Airport Utility (under Snow Leopard), there is an option to keep the 2 network separated. This means the guests cannot see your shared devices, printers, network drives and so on. My guess is that I could move all those IoT to the guest network. I may have turned down that options at some point, I do not remember.
I do not recall if the modern Airport Utility has all those awesome features, I think they tried to simplify it (dumb it down). It has been a very long time since I had to look at my AEBS. If those features were removed, I would need to find an older Machine running 10.6 or make a temporary boot drive for that purpose.
IIRC my 2009 model AEBS has 2 networks, one is setup for my household (strong password) and one is set up for guests (easier to type password).
Now from what in remember, in Airport Utility (under Snow Leopard), there is an option to keep the 2 network separated. This means the guests cannot see your shared devices, printers, network drives and so on. My guess is that I could move all those IoT to the guest network. I may have turned down that options at some point, I do not remember.
I do not recall if the modern Airport Utility has all those awesome features, I think they tried to simplify it (dumb it down). It has been a very long time since I had to look at my AEBS. If those features were removed, I would need to find an older Machine running 10.6 or make a temporary boot drive for that purpose.