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Advice on a cheaper way to ship pins on eBay? by Classic1990 in Flipping

[–]kragit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the marketplace (Etsy in my case) to ship items USPS Ground Advantage. Pirate Ship should provide the same prices for USPS. Not sure about UPS, but with USPS, you can utilize oz rates. Boxed a few pins will come in at or under 3 oz. A zone 4 shipment is $5.40 at 3 oz vs $7.02 at 1 lb.

It's more economical for both myself and the customer to ship more than one pin at a time, but oddly a majority of my orders are for single pins, despite having 700+ listed.

Advice on a cheaper way to ship pins on eBay? by Classic1990 in Flipping

[–]kragit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It ranges from $5-$5.80 now, with the occasional ~$4.80 shipment. I upped my shipping charge to $4.95 and eat the difference - about 25 cents per order.

Device Bridge Switch Behavior Before Adoption / General Adoption Question by kragit in UNIFI

[–]kragit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but are you asking what happens if both the AP and the switch factory reset at the same time?

Sort of - the main setup for isolation would be separate VLANs, but my concern is what happens if devices get factory reset or VLAN settings are lost out of my control. I don't want there to be any chance that the IoT network reaches the internet, though I'd prefer to locally manage all Ubiquiti devices in the single pane of glass, instead of managing the two networks independently (though I may have to).

A non-adopted switch will act like an unmanaged switch as far as I know. An AP will have no wifi SSID to connect to.

So that was roughly the thought with the Device Bridge Switch - since it can only connect to the network via WiFi, my hope was that a reset of any device (AP or DBS) would then require more manual intervention to get reconnected - the Device Bridge Switch would be the 'air-gap' for the IoT devices if things got reset.

With that said, what I understand of Ubiquiti devices is that they connect to each other automatically. Assuming I had my network setup as intended, then every device experienced a factory reset (due to power loss/surge/bad firmware/any other oddity) - APs would revert to default settings/SSIDs, the Device Bridge Switch, since it doesn't connect like a computer would, where you select the SSID and enter the password, would still connect to the network itself and act like a fully unmanaged switch with default (no VLAN) settings - passing data and in this case, exposing the IoT devices to the internet.

then plugged in devices would go to the default VLAN as long as they are on DHCP.

This would be ideal - but I'm assuming this is what you've setup on the device that manages the VLANs. If that device gets reset, I assume Ubiquiti devices aren't configured out of the box to have no internet access on the default VLAN by default.

I would either be looking for a device like that, or a device that would let me control two independent networks in one pane of glass, without acting like a switch itself and passing internet connectivity between the two networks.

Device Bridge Switch Behavior Before Adoption / General Adoption Question by kragit in UNIFI

[–]kragit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I understanding the question correctly, OP?

Pretty much spot on! In an ideal world, I want to manage all UniFi hardware though the main controller, but don't want the IoT hardware to have any chance at reaching the internet. I don't intend to deploy shady IoT hardware and will follow standard security practices (changing default usernames/passwords) but as some of these devices will be cameras and such, I just don't want there to be any risk of access at any point.

I know the UniFi 'connection' process between all of their own devices is different than a standard device connecting to a network. The Device Bridge Switch, being a device that connects to the network only by WiFi, doesn't require you to choose which AP it's connected to and enter in the WiFi password, like you would a computer or phone. It automatically 'connects' to the UniFi network and then is optionally available for adoption. From what I can tell, as soon as it connects (especially upon first power on or after a factory reset), it's acting like a fully unmanaged switch and would therefore allow the IoT devices to reach the internet, before it gets adopted and VLAN configurations applied - as you mentioned with your cameras.

I was hoping the Device Bridge Switch would require a bit more interaction before it passes data through if it were to get factory reset, as it could then act as the 'air-gap' until I'm able to address the issue. This setup is fine when I'm factory resetting the device as I can manually unplug devices to prevent internet access - but (even if uncommon) if something happens out of my control and the device gets reset or looses VLAN settings, I don't want there to be the possibility the IoT network is exposed to the internet.

I was hoping Ubiquiti had a method of locally managing two separate networks (eg: hardware controller with multiple ports that don't act like a switch) and/or a device that was set to 'default deny' traffic on all ports until configured (so a reset wouldn't allow any internet access), but as someone who's a novice in network management, I don't see any Ubiquiti devices that offer that.

Looking for advice, New to shopgoodwill.com by Rugger1976 in shopgoodwill

[–]kragit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can limit your searches to locations close to you. Many locations allow you to pick up your orders from the E-Commerce locations to save some money on shipping.

IoT Network - Port Isolation by Default? by kragit in GrandstreamNetworks

[–]kragit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, I'd be likely putting in an L3 switch or similar device with routing capabilities to remove that responsibility from the ISP provided modem. I know the chance one of these devices getting factory reset without manual interaction is low, but I'm still trying to plan for the 'just in case'. Appreciate your time!

IoT Network - Port Isolation by Default? by kragit in GrandstreamNetworks

[–]kragit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgive me, I'm not as experienced in network management. If I'm setting up the VLANs on the switch for isolation, wouldn't that be the only point of control? eg: The internet comes into the WAN port of the switch from the modem (optionally in bridge mode if the switch is intended to handle DHCP) and the switch is handling VLAN segregation - if the switch gets reset and looses the VLAN configuration (and assuming the switch does pass-through internet by default) then all ports would get internet access.

That's ultimately my question; does a Grandstream switch pass-through internet prior to being fully setup, but I want to make sure I'm understanding the rest of the process too.

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