[ale] Setting up a PS/4 in a DMZ on home network

[djpfulio at jdpfu.com (DJ-Pfulio)]

Looks like wifi only, so assuming a cheap router, the answer is another cheap
router to be used just for wifi of this device.  Lots of tech homes have
multi-router configurations due to kids and security considerations.
http://blog.jdpfu.com/2010/06/16/wireless-bridging-with-security-in-a-home-or-small-business
might be what you want.


On 02/28/2016 09:13 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Yeah, but that's why the ps4 goes into a dmz.
> 
> I'm assuming there's a standard 10. or 192.168. lan network already. Tweak your
> router to add a second network segment just for the ps4 that is totally separate
> from the existing lan. If you have a router with 3 nics, you can physically
> segment that machine and turn on some firewall rules the block all traffic to
> you lan from it. Otherwise, add some local machine firewall rules to drop any
> traffic from the ps4 network to all other machines.
> 
> On Feb 28, 2016 8:53 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio at jdpfu.com
> <mailto:djpfulio at jdpfu.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 02/28/2016 01:02 AM, James Sumners wrote:
>     > I don't know why it would need to be wide open to the Internet. It should be
>     > able to request port forwards on demand through UPnP.
> 
>     UPnP should be disabled on any network where there is any concern about
>     security.
>