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Aspirant

Feb 26, 2018

RBK50 WiFi networking

I just bought a pair RBK50 router for my home network (currently using 100Mb/s). I would like to open the Guest network for my friends, and intend to limit the WiFi bandwith 6Mb/s. Can I setup a guest...

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Aspirant

Feb 26, 2018

oh...thank you for your reminder!

Aspirant

Feb 26, 2018

so...should i open the guest wifi for visitors?

tsig
Luminary
Feb 27, 2018
Do you have guests whom you don't trust on your wifi?
- kevinNG
  Aspirant
  Feb 27, 2018
  Yes...actually I am a host of a hostel so I want to restrict the guest WiFi network
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 06, 2018
    You may want to look into a more business class wifi system that has more management features and allows or more granular configurations with connected client devices.
    kevinNGwrote:
    Yes...actually I am a host of a hostel so I want to restrict the guest WiFi network
- JoeM845
  Luminary
  Feb 27, 2018
  tsigwrote:
  Do you have guests whom you don't trust on your wifi?
  
  My concern is more for errant devices than errant users. I wish to keep the attack surface small to minimize threats. The strong rise of the IoT is leading to more malevolent (and flaky) devices that use Wi-Fi. Even devices that are fine today could be co-opted tomorrow. If I do not see a need for them to have access to local devices on my LAN, I would much prefer that they could not have any access.
  - kevinNG
    Aspirant
    Mar 06, 2018
    Thank you for your comment.