Disabling ethernet access on an outdoor mesh device?

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Disabling ethernet access on an outdoor mesh device?
Disabling ethernet access on an outdoor mesh device?
2023-07-18 23:07:36
Model: Deco X50 - Outdoor  
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I'd like to put a mesh device outdoors, but isn't this a gigantic security risk?  Couldn't someone simply walk up, jack in with a cable, and be on my LAN?

 

To prevent this, can I used Wi-Fi backhaul and can these ports be disabled?

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Re:Disabling ethernet access on an outdoor mesh device?
2023-07-19 06:29:35

  @calvin14 

Hi, Welcome to the community.

It is a very good question and Deco X50-Outdoor also supports Wi-Fi Backhaul to the nearest Deco unit. 

Currently, the possible workaround would be to enable IPTV/VLAN for these two Ethernet ports on the Deco X50-outdoor so that computers are unable to get internet or IP addresses directly from these two ports.

I will also add it to the feature request list and will report to the engineers for further improvement.

 

Thank you very much.

Best regards.

 

 

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Re:Disabling ethernet access on an outdoor mesh device?
2023-07-19 14:32:57

Thank you, @David-TP!
 

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