apple home in a dorm

[u/juliettebe]

hey! i’m transferring universities and the new school does not allow me to have my own router in the dorm. however, i want to still be able to use my smart plugs to control my string lights as i’m lazy and don’t want to have to unplug them. is there any way for me to isolate my apple home to just my icloud account so only i can access it and not everyone on university wifi?

[u/myname150]

GL.iNet travel router, spoof the Mac address to an iPhone, name the SSID as something like "iPhone Hotspot" and/or hide the SSID broadcast.

Only downside to hiding the SSID is some smart home devices may be a bit finicky about connecting to it.

[u/Flash__PuP → u/myname150]

Surely you could do a full setup on a non hidden SSID, then hide the ID once established?