• enduser99

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    • in reply to: Ready for the new patching year? #2627053

      I took the path that Phillip describes and can confirm that it works well without any issues. First step is to turn off Bitlocker if enabled which mine was. It took almost an hour to decrypt my HD. After that you can then adjust the HD partition size, and then turn Bitlocker back on.

    • Ucheck works great. Thanks for the tip. I like that it has a portable version and I can run it as a standard user by giving it admin rights without having to log in as the admin.

    • Thanks for the tip. Patch My PC is free for home use.  https://patchmypc.com/home-updater

       

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    • I installed the updatehub v2.3.4 program as a standard user but ran the program itself with admin rights. It fails to install with an error that I do not have rights to certain files and directories. I logged in as admin and installed and ran the program without problems, but it does not install shortcuts to other user accounts or gives the option to run the program from those other user accounts. This defeats the purpose of running the PC as a standard user and running the program with admin rights.

    • in reply to: How to isolate subnets from being able to see each other #2617525

      I have remote access to the IoT devices, zero access to the router itself as it does not permit WAN access to itself. All subnets access are via VPN when setup in the router. It clearly stated that during the setup process.

    • in reply to: How to isolate subnets from being able to see each other #2616880

      I know this is an old thread but I wanted to provide the final resolution to the original problem. In the end no matter what I tried I could never achieve the complete isolation I was looking for between subnets until now. Thanks to all who participated on this matter and provided great insight.

      The Synology router that I have the RT2600AC recently updated their firmware to allow each of the 4 LAN side ports to be individually mapped, and since it also has 4 WiFi antennas each of those can also be mapped to their individually assigned ports. It also gave me the option to connect to each LAN port strictly via Ethernet only, strictly by WiFi only, or both Ethernet and WiFi combined. I set them to combined modes since not all IoT devices have Ethernet connections.

      So what I did was map each LAN port to a specific IP address. For consistency sake I assigned LAN port 1 have the IP address 192.168.1.1, port 2 IP address 192.168.2.1, port 3 IP address 192.168.3.1, and port 4 IP address 192.168.4.1. On each individual port I was also able to adjust the DHCP range to between 2-254. Now all I had to do was connect a switch to each port and connect devices to each individual switch based on what subnet  I wanted them to be associated with. I now also have 4 individually isolated WiFi networks operating at the same time.

      On my Windows PC when connected via Ethernet I can can’t see each subnet unless I physically connect to that specific switch via the Ethernet cable. If I use WiFi on my PC instead, all I have to do is connect the PC to the specific WiFi subnet I want to see and control and I can see only those devices associated whit that subnet but none of the others.

      On my cell phone when at home I just have to switch to that specific WiFi network to view those devices associated with that subnet. When I’m out and about I can control each device via the cell provider without any issues since I’m now on the WAN side of the network and don’t have to deal with switching to or selecting individual WiFi networks.

      This firmware change on the router extremely simplified everything I was trying to accomplish without having to use multiple routers. My network now consists of a cell phone gateway running as a always on 5G data modem [good riddance cable company and the ridiculous constant price increases] the Synology router the brains of the operation, and 4 separate gigabit switches to expand the single port assigned at the router.

      Thanks again to those who provided input. I now have peace of mind knowing that the questionable and insecure IoT devices are isolated from my important data systems.

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    • in reply to: 6000015 – Repair install of Windows 10 22H2 #2608260

      Have you looked into these options also?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_8UMEmkdHk

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnxQIQToKuU

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bK_1MxZA78

    • in reply to: 6000015 – Repair install of Windows 10 22H2 #2608257

      I’m curious have looked at the event viewer for any error messages?

      Control Panel > System & Security, Administrative tools, event viewer, windows logs, system. Also under event viewer, Applications and Service Logs\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdateClient\Operational.

      Those logs should lead you in the right direction.

       

       

    • in reply to: How to isolate subnets from being able to see each other #2339794

      Thanks Paul for the info. I decided to check the configuration at my parents house that I also had set up similarly but they have a Arris router from the Internet provider. Just as I describe above I was able to log on to any of the other routers even though they are all on separate subnets. They use a D-Link router for their private network.

      Encouraged by what I was seeing I decided to check out the setup at my GF house that I also set up. Just like at my home and that of my parents in her setup I was able to log on to any of the routers on separate subnets. She has a spectrum branded router that has a separate modem and router units, and the Synology router for the secure network.

      Is this now the new normal for these routers or is this something new to Windows 10?

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    • in reply to: Hackers are running your smart home #2337458

      I have 3 separate networks running in my home using the exact same topology as described in the the article. However I’m a bit disturbed that from my Windows 10 desktop I’m able to pull up any of those 3 subsets and log in to any item on any of those subsets. I cam see and log in all the the way to the Internet provider router.

      Something seems amiss since I was always under the impression you had to be part of a sub-net to see items in that sub-net.

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