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Very useful, I didn’t mention this earlier as I also enabled the option to place the IoT network on the 192.168.52.0/24 subnet and turned on AP Isolation, ensuring that devices on the IoT network canβt communicate with one another. Combined with the dedicated VLAN, it gives each device its own almost sandboxed environment, which is ideal for limiting lateral movement and keeping lessβtrusted IoT gear properly contained.
Sounds good in theory at least, now itβs just down to the firmware staying consistent with the isolation rules. Β
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This week, I reconfigured my ASUS RT-BE92U router to better handle my growing collection of smart home gear, including a robotic lawnmower, smart door cameras, a robotic hoover, and security cameras etc. Itβs great to see that ASUSβs built-in ‘IoT Network’ feature automatically creates a dedicated VLAN (ID 52) out of the box, making robust network isolation and security separation incredibly easy to deploy
Good to see this work in practice.
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As follow on, finished setting up my Reolink D340B and chime and so far seems to be working well, notifications are a bit annoying after a while so having to adjust sensitivity and already disabled the detection alarm for Animals.
Note: It’s still early days, but the only real issue I’ve noticed so far is the speech quality when using the intercom system. The audio sounds a little muffled, although it’s something I’ll need to experiment with a bit more.
A few more pictures of my setup for reference.
Reolink D340B mounted on external wall ‘using the mounting wedge’
Reolink Door Chime plugged into house power socket
Screen Shot of Reolink App
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Mova ViAX 300 β First Impressions After a Few Weeks
I’ve had the ViAX 300 for a few weeks now, so thought I’d post a few thoughts in case anyone else is looking at one.
The main selling point for me was not having to install a boundary wire. Setup was pretty straightforward through the app and once the lawn was mapped, it was ready to go.
So far it’s been doing a really good job. Because it cuts little and often, the lawn always looks tidy rather than getting that “just been mowed” look once a week. It’s also a lot quieter than I expected, so I don’t really notice it working.
Navigation has impressed me too. It copes well with plant pots, furniture and other bits left in the garden. My patio chairs get moved around quite a bit and it hasn’t seemed bothered by that.
I was also a bit concerned about putting the charging dock on the patio instead of the grass, but it’s been absolutely fine. It leaves the dock, finds the lawn and returns to charge without any issues and avoids obstacles such as our dog regularly.
The app I do like as it does everything I need. Scheduling is simple, you can see what the mower is doing and changing settings only takes a few taps and you can actually watch the mower cut grass via its onboard HD camera as it can live stream.
The app, which was the 2nd main selling point for me, allows you to set no-go zones and choose the cut pattern for your lawn, I particularly like the straight parallel lines option.
Overall, I’m really happy with it given its price point. It’s saved me a lot of time, the lawn always looks presentable and, so far, it’s been one of those gadgets that actually lives up to expectations.
Only downside is that it leaves a 10-15cm cutting edge due to position of the robot mowers cutters, luckily we have a small garden with a couple of trees, 5 minuites with a grass strimmer every other week is not an issue for me.
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After 6 days I have to login again, should be a month or even more.
Interestingly, two of my accounts also required me to log back in again a day or so ago, I have checked cookie expiration and its still 3 months from the 22nd June. I will keep watching this also over the next six days to see if this happens again.
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Seems I have to log in twice a week again instead of monthly.
Something has changed in the last few weeks.Thank you for letting me know, I will look into this
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