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Managing "Guest" access
Besides our "normal" SSID, I currently use one of the "guest" channels on my Netgear AC5000 for my connected house and the others for visitors. How are these needs addressed by the new Orbi?
I installed the most recent update to my Orbi system and now have "Guest" access control. This resolves my issue. Thanks, Netgear, for addressing this concern.
I have to agree with previous posters, I will not buy a router that has no guest account.
IMHO, purchasing new home networking hardware / software in the first year, is equal to setting yourself up for disapointment..
I decide last week to upgrade my old WNDR4000 router by the end of the month and the Orbi really seems to fit the bill for what we need ... I was all ready to rush right out and buy it tomorrow. But after 35 years of working with computers, I've learned that "it will be coming soon in an update" usually means "it is never, ever coming in any kind of workable form". Frankly, I'm astounded there's no guest access - they should have taken the marketing budget for that sappy "connected family ad" and put it towards perfecting a guest account. Who out there has $400 for a router but absolutely no friends that ever come over ? I sure as hell don't want every one of my kids friends stopping by having access to control my Sonos or popping on to my media server. Ridiculous.
Is the guest network even in Beta ?
