Limiting Access
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Is there any way to limit users who can access the BluOS node? My son, who has the app, really loves to log in from where he lives, over an hour away, and play the worst music he can think of at top volume. He thinks it's a great prank. Not sure how he's doing this, but it's very irritating. I could change the password to our home internet, I suppose, but that would require all five of us at home to reenter all our information. It would be great if the app worked like this: One person had administrative rights; that person then allowed others on to use the app; the administrator could at any time remove a person's rights to access the device, regardless of whether they were on the home network or not.
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If your son i using Spotify, there is an option in the Spotify app; "Show local devices only" that will limit access.
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Looks like he's using a VPN to login to your network so changing the wifi/network password may not change anything. VPN access is most likely to be configured in your modem or any other internet equipment there is in your house that can provide VPN access, like a seperate router/NAS/Raspberry PI/his desktop PC which he leaves powered on, etc. Seems like he's more tech savy than you are so whatever you will do, he'll find a way around it. A good talk may be the best option here :)
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Hi Bodi, Bjorn,
Thanks for your help. So, the Node is connected to a wireless router (itself connected to my internet service provider's modem) with a cable. I'm wondering if I unplug the cable from the Node, and then restore it to factory settings, then connect it only with one wireless network, and then change the password on that network to something new if that would do the trick? And, yes, my son is using Spotify; the problem is: I don't. I use Tidal.
Sigh. This is a major design flaw with this product. An administrative set up would be good. Alternatively, allowing me to remove Spotify from the allowable music apps on the node would also work.
As it is, I've had to write him out of the will, and switch back to CDs . . .
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Changing the password on your Wi-Fi would not help in this case.
Workaround:
Create a Spotify free account, log in to that account and do the changes. He should then be able to play while in house, but not remotely.
You will also have the option to remove access on the Spotify website if needed.0 -
Bjorn,
Okay, thanks. So I opened a free Spotify account, added it to the BluOS app/controller. I went in to settings, found "Devices," and toggled "Show local devices only" to on. Is that all I need do? Hopefully it is. I'm not sure how to go about "removing access" on the "Spotify website," or even precisely what that means in terms of whose access I'd be removing . . . But I'd happily do that too, because nobody apart from him uses Spotify, and certainly not me. Thanks again! This was a big help.
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