I have a Universal Devices device that connects to Insteon, Z-Wave, Zigbee, network, IR, etc. The best thing about it, it’s 100% local only. There is a remote website you can use to control your devices when you’re not at home, but if they ever go under, just fire up a VPN or be on your LAN and you’re merrily on your way. No spying, nothing.

Also like that it supports programs and scripts to tie things together, so a single button from your remote can enable “movie mode”, close the curtains, dim the lights, etc.

[–] Monument 2 points 1 week ago

That’s the dream. After years I finally got serious about learning/implementing VLANs and have begun to isolate everything out/properly firewall them. Most of the smart home stuff is already Z-Wave/Zigbee, but the few devices that aren’t are mostly already migrated onto a dedicated IOT network, as is the hubs, where only devices that have business talking to each other can even see one another.

I have yet to play with tailscale, but it’s on the list.