Using the Dojo App - My Devices Tab
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Devices in the Smart Home group ate protected buy the Dojo Base Unit. They are
protected against malicious web pages, unauthorized access from other networks,
malware, Trojans, and so forth.
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Usually, you would place your smart home devices, such as cameras, door locks, and
alarm systems in this group.
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It is possible to open external ports from the Internet to devices in the Personal Devices
group, for example, setting port forwarding for remote access to your camera. See
Protecting a Device with Remote Access
, on page 29.
Personal Devices Group
The following are the characteristics and behaviors of the devices in the Personal Devices
group:
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Devices in the Personal Devices group are protected by the Dojo Base Unit. They are
protected against malicious web pages, unauthorized access from other network,
malware, Trojans, etc.
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Devices in the Personal Devices group are allowed to access and configure the router.
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Usually, you would place your smartphones, mobile devices, tablets, PCs, Mac, laptops,
and other advanced devices in this group.
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It is possible to open external ports from the Internet to devices in the Personal Devices
network, for example, see
Protecting a Device with Remote Access
, on page 29.
Guests Group
The following are the characteristics and behaviors of the devices in the Guests group:
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Access to the Internet is unrestricted. Devices in this group can access any website.
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The guest group is not protected from malware, Trojans, malicious websites, and so
forth.
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Devices are not allowed to access other devices in the Personal Devices and Smart
Home groups.
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Devices are not allowed to configure the router.
Unprotected Group
The following are the characteristics and behaviors of the devices in the unprotected group:
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Devices with static (manual) IP addresses of the router network are placed automatically
in this group.
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Once you change the IP address or a device from static (manual) to DHCP-assigned, the
device moves into the Guest group.
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Devices in the unprotected group cannot be moved to other groups.
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Access to the Internet is unrestricted, and the devices can access any website.
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Devices in the unprotected group are not protected from malware, Trojans, malicious
websites and so forth.
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Devices are not allowed to access other devices in the Personal and Smart Home
groups.
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Devices are not allowed to configure the router.
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To enable a device to bypass Dojo entirely, you can move it from its current group to the
Unprotected group.
Changing Groups
You can change the group to which a device belongs. There are two ways to do this: by
dragging it to a different group, or by editing the device details.
