Guest WiFIi Enhancements

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I moved to Orbi having had a short fling with Google WiFi. I did not like the administration through the cloud which did not work that well (or at all). One thing that was near perfect on Google was the guest WiFi. I find the current guest wifi on Orbi to be borderline at best.

Here is what Google allowed: you can set up some (or all) of your devices on the main network. You can set up a guest network . You can then - selectively expose devices on the main network to the guest network. These devices are then visible from BOTH networks.

This is especially useful for devices like Sonos or Printers. With Google WiFi (and other routers) - my houshold had access to these devices and so did guests. Sadly not with Orbi.

Orbi should provide this level of flexibility.

peteytesting · Answer

tbh i dont even know how thats possible as you cant be connected to both the normal ssid and guest ssid at the same time as its would cause all sorts of issues with the router seeing the same mac address twice , you may be explaining it differently to what im understanding here however

aaz · Answer

peteytesting wrote:tbh i dont even know how thats possible as you cant be connected to both the normal ssid and guest ssid at the same time as its would cause all sorts of issues with the router seeing the same mac address twice , you may be explaining it differently to what im understanding here howeverPretty sure that last part...He did not say that the Sono's would be connected to both guest and regular WiFi only that guests could use the Sonos that is on his regular network. It's not a common guest Wifi feature but I could see the uses for it. Instead of exposing your devices publickly, it's like a DMZ for guest access.

st_shaw · Answer

peteytesting wrote:tbh i dont even know how thats possible as you cant be connected to both the normal ssid and guest ssid at the same time as its would cause all sorts of issues with the router seeing the same mac address twice , you may be explaining it differently to what im understanding here howeverWhat the OP described is&nbsp;easily accomplished on other routers with VLANs and firewall rules. &nbsp;You put the regular and guest networks on separate VLANs and use firewall rules to allow guest access to certain devices.

peteytesting · Answer

we arnt talking about vlans here , we are talking about wifi connectivity and you cant join 2 ssid's at once

st_shaw · Answer

peteytesting wrote:we arnt talking about vlans here , we are talking about wifi connectivity and you cant join 2 ssid's at onceThe OP described how Google WiFI allows device-level access control on the&nbsp;guest network. &nbsp;You said you didn't know how it was possible. &nbsp;I explained one way&nbsp;it could be implemented within Google WiFI--by using VLANs.&nbsp;You seem to be&nbsp;assuming the Google behavior requires one device to&nbsp;join two SSIDs at once. Obviously that's not required, because as you pointed out, one device cannot join two SSIDs at once.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Guest WiFIi Enhancements

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