No...you are!!!

Not true you can do the same things, even better you just need to be proactive. Nothing is stopping you from building the same networks on PT8

Yes even better you just need to download the home images online you can even set up the earth background and city and office with room for router &switches, security devices then name them whatever you want

you need to run mqtbroker in the tablet programming section then: Desktop -> IOT monitor. Or build a new network in PT 8 start from fresh the problem is you are using new PT.Sydney Griffin