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I just moved into my dorm for college and I brought a Google Home with me this year. It's a good speaker and alarm. Plus it's great for checking the news or weather.

Anyways, it's connected to the dorm WiFi which is secured. Unfortunately, anyone can connect to my home and play music. I'm imagining this nightmare scenario where I'm asleep and some jerk decides it'd be funny to blast some song at full volume. Then I wake up AND get in trouble with my RA for playing loud music at three in the morning. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there's a Do Not Disturb feature to prevent sound from playing at specific times. There also doesn't appear to be any way to make the Home private so others cannot access it.

My question is this:

is there some way I can block all connections to the Home but allow the Home access to the network?

Because it's a dorm, I can't fiddle with any network settings. Am I doomed to nightly serenades of Darude "Sandstorm"? Do I have to unplug every time I want quiet?

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I just moved into my dorm for college and I brought a Google Home with me this year. It's a good speaker and alarm. Plus it's great for checking the news or weather.

Anyways, it's connected to the dorm WiFi which is secured. Unfortunately, anyone can connect to my home and play music. I'm imagining this nightmare scenario where I'm asleep and some jerk decides it'd be funny to blast some song at full volume. Then I wake up AND get in trouble with my RA for playing loud music at three in the morning. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there's a Do Not Disturb feature to prevent sound from playing at specific times. There also doesn't appear to be any way to make the Home private so others cannot access it.

My question is this:

is there some way I can block all connections to the Home but allow the Home access to the network?

Because it's a dorm, I can't fiddle with any network settings. Am I doomed to nightly serenades of Darude "Sandstorm"? Do I have to unplug every time I want quiet?

wireless-networking speakers

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I just moved into my dorm for college and I brought a Google Home with me this year. It's a good speaker and alarm. Plus it's great for checking the news or weather.

Anyways, it's connected to the dorm WiFi which is secured. Unfortunately, anyone can connect to my home and play music. I'm imagining this nightmare scenario where I'm asleep and some jerk decides it'd be funny to blast some song at full volume. Then I wake up AND get in trouble with my RA for playing loud music at three in the morning. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there's a Do Not Disturb feature to prevent sound from playing at specific times. There also doesn't appear to be any way to make the Home private so others cannot access it.

My question is this:

is there some way I can block all connections to the Home but allow the Home access to the network?

Because it's a dorm, I can't fiddle with any network settings. Am I doomed to nightly serenades of Darude "Sandstorm"? Do I have to unplug every time I want quiet?

wireless-networking speakers

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You have two choices here:

1. You could contact your University IT Department and ask them to create a white list for you. In other words, ask them to only allow traffic from your device to the Google Home and therefore everyone else will be blocked.
   
   


2. This is a workaround:
   
   
   
   • Open the iOS app (Sorry I don't have android)
     
     
   
   
   • In the top right corner of the Home screen, tap Devices
     
     
   
   
   • Now, scroll to find the device card for the Google Home you'd like prevent from sending cast notifications
     
     
   
   
   • Next, in the top right corner of the device card, tap the device card menu. That's the three-dot menu.
     
     
   
   
   • Under "Device info," turn OFF "Let others control your casted media"
     
     
   
   
   
   

This will prevent your Google Home from broadcasting your device onto the network. No one will see it and therefore, no one will be able to connect to it.


Please respond if this helped you...

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You have two choices here:

1. You could contact your University IT Department and ask them to create a white list for you. In other words, ask them to only allow traffic from your device to the Google Home and therefore everyone else will be blocked.
   
   


2. This is a workaround:
   
   
   
   • Open the iOS app (Sorry I don't have android)
     
     
   
   
   • In the top right corner of the Home screen, tap Devices
     
     
   
   
   • Now, scroll to find the device card for the Google Home you'd like prevent from sending cast notifications
     
     
   
   
   • Next, in the top right corner of the device card, tap the device card menu. That's the three-dot menu.
     
     
   
   
   • Under "Device info," turn OFF "Let others control your casted media"
     
     
   
   
   
   

This will prevent your Google Home from broadcasting your device onto the network. No one will see it and therefore, no one will be able to connect to it.


Please respond if this helped you...

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edited Aug 23 '17 at 23:12

answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

pythonianpythonian

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You have two choices here:

1. You could contact your University IT Department and ask them to create a white list for you. In other words, ask them to only allow traffic from your device to the Google Home and therefore everyone else will be blocked.
   
   


2. This is a workaround:
   
   
   
   • Open the iOS app (Sorry I don't have android)
     
     
   
   
   • In the top right corner of the Home screen, tap Devices
     
     
   
   
   • Now, scroll to find the device card for the Google Home you'd like prevent from sending cast notifications
     
     
   
   
   • Next, in the top right corner of the device card, tap the device card menu. That's the three-dot menu.
     
     
   
   
   • Under "Device info," turn OFF "Let others control your casted media"
     
     
   
   
   
   

This will prevent your Google Home from broadcasting your device onto the network. No one will see it and therefore, no one will be able to connect to it.


Please respond if this helped you...

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 23 '17 at 23:12

answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

pythonianpythonian

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You have two choices here:

1. You could contact your University IT Department and ask them to create a white list for you. In other words, ask them to only allow traffic from your device to the Google Home and therefore everyone else will be blocked.
   
   


2. This is a workaround:
   
   
   
   • Open the iOS app (Sorry I don't have android)
     
     
   
   
   • In the top right corner of the Home screen, tap Devices
     
     
   
   
   • Now, scroll to find the device card for the Google Home you'd like prevent from sending cast notifications
     
     
   
   
   • Next, in the top right corner of the device card, tap the device card menu. That's the three-dot menu.
     
     
   
   
   • Under "Device info," turn OFF "Let others control your casted media"
     
     
   
   
   
   

This will prevent your Google Home from broadcasting your device onto the network. No one will see it and therefore, no one will be able to connect to it.


Please respond if this helped you...

share|improve this answer

edited Aug 23 '17 at 23:12

answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

pythonianpythonian

810114

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edited Aug 23 '17 at 23:12

answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

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answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

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answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:41

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