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How to enable "Allow guests to see each other"
I have a guest in my house on the guest network who wants to have 2 of his devices talk to each other. When I go to the Guest Network page of the RBR50 GUI, "Allow guests to see each other and access...
Eureka, I have found it!
Grepping through the /www directory, I found the file WLG_wireless_guest1.htm. I changed the line
if(enable_ap_flag == 1 || fbwifi_enable == '1' || enable_extender_flag == '1') setDisabled(true, form.allow_access);to
if(/* enable_ap_flag == 1 || */ fbwifi_enable == '1' || enable_extender_flag == '1') setDisabled(true, form.allow_access);to comment out the check for AP mode and the check box is now enabled and seems to work.
You are correct that in router mode, there are options for what devices connecting to the guest WiFi are able to do.
When the Orbi is placed in Access Point (AP) mode, nearly all 'router features' are disabled:
The way I interpret this, both the primary network and the guest wifi network are "all one network" as far as the upstream router is concerned.
My take is that devices on the Guest WiFi should be able to connect to the entire network, including other guests.
How are you attempting to verify that connection is (or is not) possible?
Thanks for the reply. That article claims the entire guest network is disabled when the RBR50 is in AP mode. This is demonstrably false, as my Orbis provide a perfectly functional guest network which visitors use all the time without issue. Guests cannot see my main network, as intended. I have never had the need to turn on "allow guests to see each other" until now, and it doesn't work because it's disabled.
I didn't personally verify that the guest devices couldn't talk to each other, but my guest, who understands tech, did.
I looked on the debug page and didn't find anything that looked relevant. I can't seem to SSH into the main Orbi. I seem to recall I could do so at one time. I'm running V2.7.3.22 firmware.
I agree that the article is poorly written. My guess is that the intention is although the Guest WiFi radio is operating, there is no separate network for guests. i.e. guests are part of the general network.
I cannot put my primary Orbi into AP mode because it is connected directly to the cable modem (which is only a modem). I will set up a test Orbi this afternoon and perform some experiments. It would be helpful if you could conduct some tests as well. For example, do you have any device that can perform a 'network scan' over WiFi? My Android devices have app such as Fing, Net Analyzer, and Network Tools that will scan the local network.
You are also correct that firmware V2.7.3.22 removed the "Enable Telnet" option from the Orbi debug page. There is a Phython script that will enable telnet here: https://github.com/bkerler/netgear_telnet
Thanks for the telnet-enable script, CrimpOn ! It worked and I appear to have been able to change the setting via
nvram set wlg1_endis_allow_see_and_access=1
nvram set wla1_endis_allow_see_and_access=1
nvram commit
Unfortunately, my visitor has departed, but I'll know how to do this for next time.