In all honesty, even that is an improvement. You’re effectively segregating the access to your data already. I also started with Eero because I didn’t know better. Since you already invested in Amazon’s devices, I would start by using the main network for your devices and that of your family (computers, phones, game consoles and media devices) in the main network, and if you have IoT devices, put those kn the guest network. That way the insecure IoT devices are segregated from your data. If you don’t have IoT devices at home (smart cameras, robot vacuums, light switches and such), then I would move the media devices to the guest network.
After that, I would suggest you start, at your own pace, slowly, researching moving to Infrastructures that will give you more ckntrol. But again, slowly. Don’t make the mistake I made of doing it all at once, which lead me to making too many mistakes like buying stuff only to find something better 2 days later. I even made the mistake of getting a full unifi infrastructure, and while its a huge improvement in terms of segregation control, it lacks too many features and is, by all intents and purposes, yet another US tech company, so I can’t trust them.
Do some research on OPNSense (some people would point you to PFSense, which is also better than closed source stuff) and then start looking into more open access points like Grandstream or similar if you want vlan tagging.
The possibilities are endless, but fair warning, this turns into a rabbit hole real fast. Once you’re here you’ll be wanting to add adguard home or pihole, then you’ll be looking at self-hosting everything (still looking into self-hosting our fridge 🤣).
But don’t fret, you’re at a good start, and there is no rush. You’ll see that, if you start by asking here in Lemmy, maybe also in Mastodon and some forums dedicated to this workflow, you’ll find the path that best adheres to your specific needs. As long as you don’t allow the pressure of getting it done get to you (good luck with that, as I think that’s the toughest battle) you can do this one step at a time. For example, you can start at the root by researching open source router OSs (OpenWRT, OPNSense, PFSense, IPFire, etc.), and once you find the one you’re comfortable with, you can deploy it between your ISPs modem and your Eeros to start. That’s a huge step up, and probably will take you about 60 - 75% to where you need to be in terms of control of your networks.
Come and ask in Lemmy. Yes, you will have ro face some assholes, but most of the folks here are passionate about these topics and are happy to help bring in more to the community.
Thank you so much for this write up! I may PM you if I come across questions, if that’s okay. It’ll be likely down the line though, have a few things to sort out before going back into my network.
By all means. I enjoy helping in what I can to make more people take back control. And if I already messed up spectacularly, I see no reason to see others go through that as well if they can learn from my mistakes.
In all honesty, even that is an improvement. You’re effectively segregating the access to your data already. I also started with Eero because I didn’t know better. Since you already invested in Amazon’s devices, I would start by using the main network for your devices and that of your family (computers, phones, game consoles and media devices) in the main network, and if you have IoT devices, put those kn the guest network. That way the insecure IoT devices are segregated from your data. If you don’t have IoT devices at home (smart cameras, robot vacuums, light switches and such), then I would move the media devices to the guest network.
After that, I would suggest you start, at your own pace, slowly, researching moving to Infrastructures that will give you more ckntrol. But again, slowly. Don’t make the mistake I made of doing it all at once, which lead me to making too many mistakes like buying stuff only to find something better 2 days later. I even made the mistake of getting a full unifi infrastructure, and while its a huge improvement in terms of segregation control, it lacks too many features and is, by all intents and purposes, yet another US tech company, so I can’t trust them.
Do some research on OPNSense (some people would point you to PFSense, which is also better than closed source stuff) and then start looking into more open access points like Grandstream or similar if you want vlan tagging.
The possibilities are endless, but fair warning, this turns into a rabbit hole real fast. Once you’re here you’ll be wanting to add adguard home or pihole, then you’ll be looking at self-hosting everything (still looking into self-hosting our fridge 🤣).
But don’t fret, you’re at a good start, and there is no rush. You’ll see that, if you start by asking here in Lemmy, maybe also in Mastodon and some forums dedicated to this workflow, you’ll find the path that best adheres to your specific needs. As long as you don’t allow the pressure of getting it done get to you (good luck with that, as I think that’s the toughest battle) you can do this one step at a time. For example, you can start at the root by researching open source router OSs (OpenWRT, OPNSense, PFSense, IPFire, etc.), and once you find the one you’re comfortable with, you can deploy it between your ISPs modem and your Eeros to start. That’s a huge step up, and probably will take you about 60 - 75% to where you need to be in terms of control of your networks.
Come and ask in Lemmy. Yes, you will have ro face some assholes, but most of the folks here are passionate about these topics and are happy to help bring in more to the community.
Thank you so much for this write up! I may PM you if I come across questions, if that’s okay. It’ll be likely down the line though, have a few things to sort out before going back into my network.
By all means. I enjoy helping in what I can to make more people take back control. And if I already messed up spectacularly, I see no reason to see others go through that as well if they can learn from my mistakes.