Mechanisms for controlling traffic to an Internet of Things (IoT) device are provided, the mechanisms comprising: identifying a first IoT device having an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a Media Access Control (MAC) address; sending a first Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) broadcast on a local area network (LAN) indicating that the IP address of the first IoT device is to be associated with a MAC address of a router on the LAN; receiving first traffic on the LAN; extracting the IP Address of the first IoT device from the first traffic; determining that the first traffic is allowed; and forwarding the first traffic to the first IoT device by inserting the MAC address of the first IoT device in the first traffic and re-broadcasting the first traffic.