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jhkc
Jun 09, 2023Follower
Orbi guest network isolation with RBR50
Hello Community, I have an RBR50 and failed to connect the ecobee thermostat to my Apple Homekit app on the guest network until I checked the box "Allow guests to see each other and access my loc...
plemans
Jun 11, 2023Guru - Experienced User
The whole purpose of a guest network is to isolate them from other devices.
So if you're putting them on a guest network, you're setting them up to not integrate very well.
So its a choice you're making. Either put them on the guest with access to everything enabled and have stuff work, have them on the guest with the option disabled and issues with integration, or just put them on the main network.
And as much as I've seen "security issues" on IoT device, I've had a bunch on my network without issues.