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by voltagex_ 3527 days ago
I've been thinking about how you'd design a UI for that, that was easy to use. Maybe a separate wifi network that IOT devices go on to, and then a web app that knows devices with XYZ MAC are LIFX bulbs and shouldn't be able to talk to the smart TV, but that phones on the network should be able to jump the subnet and talk to the bulbs.
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You can make it semi-automated in a way. I believe the first 6 characters of the mac address are the vendor id, I'd get the DHCP server to assign different vendors into different isolated vlans but with short leases at first and then allow you to merge them, assign permissions and move them around. Call it "learning mode". It won't be perfect but you can also augment it with human created presets.