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Guest Network Available both Secured and Unsecured.
Just an FYI for other users.
During set up I found an unsecured Guest Network in addition to the secured Guest Network – same SSID (same MAC and IP as well) but no password needed to log on and...
The MAC I referred to was the MAC address of the device as listed under the network details on my mobile which I used to observe the available SSID and log on.
Networks found by looking for available wireless networks on my mobile and tablet (both android, no apple devices in use) after enabling Guest Network.
I determined there were two networks operating by looking on my mobile and tablet to see what SSID were available after enabling Guest Network. When I logged on to the Secured Guest Network (which had the expected SSID defined at set up) using the defined password I recorded the network details (MAC address, IP address etc). After logging off I then logged on to the Unsecured Guest Network, which had the same SSID as the Secured Guest Network, no password necessary, and similarly recorded the network details.
See the following as well, other users have seen this:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR50-guest-access-showing-unsecured-network/m-p/1421945
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/New-Unsecured-networks-on-Orbi-RBK50/td-p/1481297
Here is some additional data.
As I mentioned previously, when I said that the MAC address was the same for the Secured Guest Network as the Unsecured Guest Network, that was the MAC address as shown under network details on my mobile when I logged in to either of these. See below for the answer to your question on BSSID.
As an overview, I have attached a screen shot from my tablet of the three available networks, the Secured Main WiFi, the Secured Guest Network and the Unsecured Guest Network. I have blanked out most of the SSID just from a security prespective but rest assured the Secured and Unsecured Guest Networks have exactly the same SSID.
Attached are some screen shots of the Secured and Unsecured Guest Networks as viewed from a WiFi analyzer. I have also blanked out the first three octets, once again from a security perpsective, but these are the same for the Secured and Unsecured Guest Networks.