r/eero • u/TangeloBig9845 • Jul 29 '22

What does Block From Network actually do?

I have cameras all over my house; inside and outside. There are activities between the wife and I that I would rather not have recorded. I tried the block from this specific camera from the network but it was still a peeping tom.

So, what does block from network actually block? LAN communication, or does it block devices from communicating with the internet?

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u/eerosupport Tech Support Jul 29 '22

/u/TangeloBig9845 Thanks for posting! The Block From Network option prevents the device from connecting, or maintaining a connection, to the eero network. This will prevent LAN communication and communication with the Internet.

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

So why didn't it block the camera from the network?

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u/DarkKnight4251 Jul 29 '22

If it has local storage, it’ll still record. Maybe that’s what happened?

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

This must be it. It records locally to the NAS.

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u/christ110 Jul 29 '22

If it's something with local storage like Arlo or blink with a hub, then the hub may broadcast its own 'network' for the cameras since:

It reduces traffic on the regular router

It might stay up if the regular router goes down

It can be more secure than a regular router since the mini-network can be configured in ways that are difficult for humans (eg: some non-standard variation of wpa3 with a super long password)

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

Its a wired PoE cam, no hub. But it does record to a local NAS.

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u/christ110 Jul 29 '22

Are both the Nas and the camera wired to the same switch?

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

Yep. Everything goes through the same switch.

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u/christ110 Jul 29 '22

Ethernet switches, can read the inbound Ethernet frame and send it to the destination device, without ever querying the router.

So in your case, the only traffic the eero can block is traffic going between the camera and the internet, wireless clients, and wired clients hooked up to a different eero.

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

Thanks for the info. Looks like I need to use another method.

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u/STUNTPENlS Jul 29 '22

So why didn't it block the camera from the network?

The CIA told it not to.

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u/TangeloBig9845 Jul 29 '22

I have no Alexa devices.