Jackbox Games coming to Smart TVs for free
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care to share those rules?
This would vary based on what router you use, but this is the way I handled it on my Ubiquity EdgeRouter.
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I added a DHCP reservation for my TV so it's IPv4 address on my local network doesn't change.
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I added a new firewall policy (with the highest priority) that accepts all traffic by default between my internal LAN network and the WAN interface of my router.
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Then I added a rule to that policy to drop traffic from the IPv4 address I assigned to my TV.
Now the TV can no longer phone home to send obnoxious notifications or issue surprise firmware updates but I can still turn on the TV and adjust the volume over the local network. I use home assistant for this, but I think the LG remote android app would still work as well.
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Where can you still buy dumb TVs?
The landfill.
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This would vary based on what router you use, but this is the way I handled it on my Ubiquity EdgeRouter.
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I added a DHCP reservation for my TV so it's IPv4 address on my local network doesn't change.
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I added a new firewall policy (with the highest priority) that accepts all traffic by default between my internal LAN network and the WAN interface of my router.
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Then I added a rule to that policy to drop traffic from the IPv4 address I assigned to my TV.
Now the TV can no longer phone home to send obnoxious notifications or issue surprise firmware updates but I can still turn on the TV and adjust the volume over the local network. I use home assistant for this, but I think the LG remote android app would still work as well.
thank you so much! pumped to get rid of those pesky notifications but the home assistant Notifications are awesome
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While there's no release date yet for the service, Jackbox Games is hoping to bring a beta version to "one or two smart TV platforms" in spring this year. More platforms and features will then follow.
Buy from yurop. Second hand shops in every major city, can't miss them. They stink of old.
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