1 laptop
2 tablets
2 phones
1 TV
1 Roku
4 Pcs
1 printer
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Are these connected to the internet?
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No, those as are the TV’s are on cable.
Wow, I have relatively few compared to a lot of people:
My personal laptop
My work laptop
1 iPhone
1 smart TV
1 Nest thermostat
1 multifunction printer/scanner/copier
The Wi-Fi router itself
We have at least 21 devices that use the internet, that includes 2 garage door openers.
Then there is also a router, 2 switches and an access point.
So 25 total.
I can’t believe it has climbed that high.
We have 13, but I didn’t count bluetooth devices, or things that are controlled by phone apps, albeit, not directly connected to the internet.
I’d have to count a lot more devices. We have a front door cam connected to an app; a pillow radiator connected to an app (it works without it, but it’s “stupid” without it-- just goes on and off; the app lets it keep a steady temp all night, then slowly warm up to another selected temp 1/2 hr before the alarm goes off); radios in both cars are bluetooth and connected to our phones wirelessly; 3 sets of bluetooth earbuds.
I also forgot to include the cable box in my first list. We can watch channels without the internet, but we need connectivity to watch the DVR, or use On Demand-- contrariwise, sometimes the cable service goes out to the extent that we can’t access channels in real time, but if the internet doesn’t go out, we can still use the DVR, On Demand, and all the Smart TV apps.
Also, the laptop I am on has Alexa capability. It’s not turned on, but I have an Alexa device. The TV has it too, and that is actually turned on, but we use it only for TV commands (“Alexa, go to HDMI”). Alexa isn’t very well-informed. When I tried asking her to change the aspect ratio, I phrased it about 12 different ways, and she couldn’t figure it out. So when I need to change the aspect ratio, I have to scroll through 5 different screens. And no, setting it on “automatic aspect” does not work. Only about 1/2 of the broadcast shows in 4:3 show up correctly, and none of the On Demand shows do.
Not many
Desktop computer
Smartphone
Smart TV
Tablet
Google Home
Roku
Router, obviously
There are two laptops, but I haven’t tuned them on in years. Sometimes I bring home a laptop from work.
Not a lot.
Router
Laptop
Chromebook
Roku
Nest thermostat
Directv box
Google dot
Phone
TV
2 personal laptops
My work laptop
My wife’s cell phone
My cell phone (I turn it on very rarely, but it’s registered with the network.)
So 5 - 6 devices (not counting the router itself). I refuse to hook up the printer to the LAN until I can find a way to prevent it from connecting to the internet (and thus sending everything I print to HP).
If you know enough to be worried about this you probably know enough to config the printer not to phone home and/or set up your router to prevent it from phoning home.
See these for some hints:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04808536
https://www.bestprice.ink/en/support/how-to-disable-hp-cartridge-protection-on-my-printer-24
Cripes! The sheer numbers are are a mark of how technology has changed, but I’m blown away by the number and variety of IOT devices, which I hadn’t realized had made such an impact
FYI - that Chamberlain garage door opener is on sale for $17 for Prime Day. And if for some reason you want Amazon delivery people to be able to open your garage door to drop off deliveries, if you plug in “KEY30” into the promo code, you get a $30 credit the first time you use Key Delivery.
That isn’t a garage door opener, just an add-on to control it remotely.
I have a pair of Chamberlains I installed myself that have that feature built in.
Correct - it’s not the mechanical opener, it’s a network-attached remote opener. I described mine up-thread:
Thank you!