Thursday, February 25, 2021

Acquiring of Surprise IoT Devices

One of our campus sites decided they were going to do an "upgrade" to the conferencing equipment in one of their boardrooms. They didn't think to contact TS until the very last minute as the gear is already installed.

The devices connect to their own basic Best Buy router and need an internet connection for the meetings and any firmware updates.

Currently we have two options for the internet connection

Option A:

Acquire an MR52 Meraki AP that has two gig ports available. The WiFi on-site is already completely segregated. This cheap router will then connect directly and simulate being on one of the WiFi SSIDs. An issue with this solution is double NAT.

Option B:

Connect the cheap router directly to an access switch and put it on it's own PVLAN.

Also, the Router is broadcasting it's own SSID that some of the equipment will be connected to.

Any other ideas on how we can provide an internet connection as securely as possible are appreciated.

This site is also extremely remote, thus no new DIA can be added.



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