Hi everyone! My dad installed the Home Assistant OS on the Raspberry 4. Now a year ago I become more involved with IT and cybersecurity and I want to put all the smart devices on a separate internet connection so they wouldn't have access to the home Wi-Fi. Therefore, I had considered configuring a separate WLAN directly on the Raspberry Pi because I cannot access my main router. After some research, I unfortunately discovered that Home Assistant OS doesn't allow creating the packages etc on the Pi and it is not possibile to create a new Wi-Fi Network because it will block everything. Would it make sense to reinstall Home Assistant on a separate container on the Pi or buy an additional router for the Wi-Fi Network?
#Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi configuration
honest dirge
finite geode
Most home routers come with at least one guest network. If you want to move the RPi off the home wifi, could you not just use the guest network? Do not think you really need to purchase an additional router.
honest dirge
Unfortunately, I have a business WiFi router and no access to its settings etc.. The company isn't very happy about me adding an additional guest Wi-Fi network and so I thought that I can add another router or make another WiFi with the Pi for my smart home devices.
finite geode
Is this an employment situation or are you simply renting a router from an ISP? If it is employment and your company is paying for things, yeah you are going to have play by their rules or convince them to do it. If it is from the ISP and you can use your own, getting another router would be the way to go.
honest dirge
I have a Router from my ISP and so I'm not allowed to configurate the things. At the end of the day I think a second router is the best option...
Thank you for your replies
random trout
It’s a sad reality that often the supplied gear is not good enough for non trivial uses and to make matters a worse you can’t replace it. All you can then do is add your own layer of security/functionality behind the limited junk you are given. This normally means an added layer of NAT, but hopefully that’s not a problem. Good luck!