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  • zelifcam@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Can you un-smart a smart tv?English
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    6 months ago

    I’ve come across devices where they will stop functioning or flood my network with DNS requests if they can’t reach their baked in addresses. I setup a redirect rule to handle that. ANY 53 request gets redirected to my DNS server. I’ve had similar issue with NTP and had to do the same.

    At the same time they are assigned an IP that’s part of a subnet that has a rule preventing access to WAN. It allows me to “contain” my smart home devices but continue to work as much as possible on LAN without it freaking out.

  • zelifcam@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Can you un-smart a smart tv?English
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    6 months ago

    Why not just set up a static IP on the TV and a rule on your router to prevent it from talking to the internet? That way it has LAN access but not WAN. This will allow airplay to work, but keep your TV dumb.

    I do this to all of my smart devices.

    I know people don’t like Apple, but I use an ATV on all of my TVs, leaving the TV itself “restricted” from WAN access.