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Can't allow Guests to access network
There are times I would like to temporarily allow a guest access to my full network. But the check box for that is disabled. This is on an #RBR50 with 2 #RBS50 satellites. I vaguely recall th...
I remembered the hack. It is to edit the file /www/WLG_wireless_guest1.htm
and comment out the test for enable_ap_flag. This is bogus anyway, there's
no reason to disable this.
if(/* enable_ap_flag == 1 || */ fbwifi_enable == '1' || enable_extender_flag == '1')
setDisabled(true, form.allow_access);
Is Armor (or Parental Controls) enabled on this system?
My RBR50 shows these options:
No, those aren't enabled. But the RBR50 is in Access Point mode and that seems to trigger the disabling of guest access.
I vaguely recall there was a way around this, either editing some HTML on the router or poking some value on the Debug page.
I remembered the hack. It is to edit the file /www/WLG_wireless_guest1.htm
and comment out the test for enable_ap_flag. This is bogus anyway, there's
no reason to disable this.
if(/* enable_ap_flag == 1 || */ fbwifi_enable == '1' || enable_extender_flag == '1')
setDisabled(true, form.allow_access);I believe the option to allow/disallow Guest access to the primary network is grayed out is because in Access Mode there is no choice: Guest devices can communicate with everything on the network, and there is no way to stop them.
At least on the RBR50 product, There is only one DHCP pool in one IP subnet. All devices are assigned IPs from that pool, and it is a router task to allow/disallow communication. When the Orbi is in Access Point (AP) mode, data from all devices is passed up to the router that assigned IPs to them and that device has no idea:
- That some are 'wired' and some are WiFi.
- That some are in primary and other in Guest WiFi.
There has been a lot of confusion in regard to Guest access and AP mode.
In later product lines, Guest devices typically are assigned IPs in different IP subnets by the Orbi router. But AP mode makes this impossible because it is the upstream router that assigns IPs.
Can you give it a try?
> I believe the option to allow/disallow Guest access to the primary network is grayed out is because in Access Mode there is no choice: Guest devices can communicate with everything on the network, and there is no way to stop them.
I see, thanks for pointing that out. It's OK because I only want to enable this occasionally and temporarily.
> Can you give it a try?
Give what a try?