How to completely isolate IoT smart plugs without setting up complex VLANs

Historically, the only way to effectively isolate smart plugs and untrusted IoT devices was to configure a complex Virtual LAN (VLAN) topology on a managed switch. This requires advanced networking knowledge and expensive hardware.

The VLAN-less Paradigm

EdgeDefenseAI simplifies this entirely. By acting as an inline network inspector, you can create a zero-trust policy for your smart plugs that allows local API requests from your Home Assistant controller, but forcefully drops any traffic attempting to traverse the WAN interface. No subnets required.