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prd001
Follower
Dec 15, 2019

Rbr50... add 2nd Guest account for tech

Can I add a second guest ssid? I'd like to get smart devices off primary network onto their own limited account.

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  • SW_'s avatar
    SW_
    Prodigy
    Dec 15, 2019

    Asus router allows multiple guest SSIDs/Passwords, up to 8.  Was looking at this earlier, but haven't been able to find a way to enable this for Orbi for the same reason you mentioned.  It would be good to have Open, Secured, and IoT guest networks on the same box.

     

    I'm also interested in the answer.

  • tomschmidt's avatar
    tomschmidt
    Virtuoso
    Dec 16, 2019

    I likewise miss this feature that my ASUS router had.  It was very handy to setup different SSIDs for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands as well, thus you easily could configure a "WIFI" SSID for both frequencies, "WIFI_2.4G" for 2.4GHz and "WIFI_5G" for 5GHz if desired.  Then IoT and other devices could be configured to only bind to a desired frequency if the user wants to configure it that way.  "Advanced" features of the router should allow configurations like this that the tech-savvy user would want.

     

    • SW_'s avatar
      SW_
      Prodigy
      Dec 16, 2019

      There's a way to separate guest SSIDs for 2.4Ghz/5GHz for the guest account.  I currently use that trick to steer my IoT devices to the correct bands by manipulating guest SSIDs.  Hopefully, NG doesn't kill this ability in the next FW update like they've done with the main SSID.

  • SW_'s avatar
    SW_
    Prodigy
    Dec 16, 2019
    prd001 wrote:
    Can I add a second guest ssid? I'd like to get smart devices off primary network onto their own limited account.

    Not sure if this will work for you, but I'll be doing the following with mine:

    • Set different 2.4GHz vs 5GHz SSIDs on Guest Network via telnet cmd
    • Migrate all IoT devices to 2.4GHz SSIDs on Guest Nework
    • Disable 2.4GHz SSID broadcast on Guest Network via telnet cmd

    With this change, I can reclaim the 5GHz SSID for my guests, but they won't know about my hidden 2.4GHz SSID on the other band.  It's not ideal, but it will be better than my current setup.