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Orbi Guest network question
I enabled the guest wifi today in anticipation of having some people over tomorrow. I changed the ssid but left it with no security. My intention was to enable it while people are here then turn it o...
I tested this out, I do see a network drop in connections with wireless devices after I selecte enable Guest Network and Broadcast SSID.
After disabling Guest Network and broadcast SSID, I didn't see any disconnections.
I presume maybe enabling GN seems to cause the wireless system to reboot to get the GN set up and working.
I got official information regarding this.
"expected behaviour. when you enable guest SSID, we need to reset the WIFI driver and it will bring down all the SSIDs for a minute or two. This is same behaviour on all the Orbi's and I think all the OEMs as well."
FURRYe38wrote:I tested this out, I do see a network drop in connections with wireless devices after I selecte enable Guest Network and Broadcast SSID.
After disabling Guest Network and broadcast SSID, I didn't see any disconnections.
I presume maybe enabling GN seems to cause the wireless system to reboot to get the GN set up and working.