Isolating a Device to Local Network Only

[steverogerz]

Have a wifi connected device (laser cutter) that only needs to communicate on the local network. It turns out this device communicates externally (without user consent) and can also be disabled remotely by the company. Would like to continue using the device only locally and not allow both internet outgoing and incoming connections to just this wifi connected device. Will using the pause device feature in the google home app block both outgoing and incoming connections to the device ? And just to confirm , this is permanent until unpaused ? Thanks 

[olavrb]

According to the doc ( https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7535858?hl=en ) a device stays paused until you unpause.

Pause blocks internet access for that device or group. Internet access is mainly outbound/egress traffic; a device in your network initiates the traffic to something on the internet.

Inbound/ingress, where something on the internet initiates the connection, is blocked by default. That's one of the jobs of the built-in firewall. A way to enable inbound traffic is through port forwarding.

So pausing a device that has no port forwarding rules should block internet access both ways. Not saying inbound/ingress would keep working if pausing a port forwarded device, because I don't know. But inbound/ingress is blocked by default anyways, so not an issue IMO.

[thisisausername]

So many questions about the remote disable.

[AbigailF]

Hey folks, 

Thanks for lending a hand, @olavrb.
@thisisausername, I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks,
Abi

[AbigailF]

Hello thisisausername,

Checking back in should you still have some questions here. Let us know by replying to this thread. 

Best, 
Abi

[AbigailF]

Hi everyone,

We haven't heard from you in a while so we'll be locking this thread if there is no update within 24 hours. If you have any new issues, updates or just a discussion topic, feel free to start a new thread in the Community.

Regards, 
Abi