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Guest Network on MR1100 (Nighthawk M1)
Hey there, I have recently purchased the Nighthawk M1 MR1100 from Amazon US. Based on your official Netgear US feature factsheet, it is clearly stated that the Guest Access feature is avail...
Hey there too,
In brief, the two networks are the 2,4 Ghz and the 5 Ghz. You can use them at the same time (as one; with same names and same password(s)). Or separate them with different names. eg; 'guest' and 'private' with each a different password (eg; 'welcome' and 'secure').
Futher you can decide under menu>devices> if you want to 'allow' or 'block' a certain MAC adres. In here you can allow all your own devices, and block devices or unwanted guests to your mobile router.
I hope this anwser helps out your problem.
55charly55
Many thanks for that idea!
However, the main reason why many of us needs a Guest Network is because even with a separate SSID, both are still connecting to the same network.
What this means is that your guests will have access to ALL your local devices and services (e.g. your NAS or security cameras), and also the Web Admin UI for your router.
This a pretty standard feature for almost all home and mobile routers.
In fact, this feature is already embedded in this router’s firmware, but it is not displayed / activated by Netgear.
I would also further clarify that this feature is listed in the factsheet on the Netgear US website for this model.
However, the main reason why many of us needs a Guest Network is because even with a separate SSID, both are still connecting to the same network.
What this means is that your guests will have access to ALL your local devices and services (e.g. your NAS or security cameras), and also the Web Admin UI for your router.
This a pretty standard feature for almost all home and mobile routers.
In fact, this feature is already embedded in this router’s firmware, but it is not displayed / activated by Netgear.
I would also further clarify that this feature is listed in the factsheet on the Netgear US website for this model.
Hi dwinters ,
Guest network is not a feature of the MR1100 as far as I am aware. I double checked the AT&T datasheet as cannot see any mention of guest network feature. Please refer to https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/mobile/AT&T_MR1100_2A1NAS.pdf
Can you please let me know what website you saw mention of guest support so we can update with correct information?
Regards,
Arodi
Community Team
- Hey Arodi,
Thanks for your reply. There are 4 sources I’m looking at — I’m quite sure that feature is available.
[1] Here is the Netgear US website
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/MR1100.aspx#tab-features
“Guest Access”
[2] AT&T website on settings up Wi-Fi for MR1100
https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.html#!/stepbystep/id/stepbystep_KM1318010?make=Netgear&model=NetgearMR1100
[3] Official YouTube video on setting up on MR1100
https://youtu.be/4lIpaJJ6lD8
[4] Overview of the settings page of MR1100 [4:07]
https://youtu.be/y1BDi0QgP9g
The main reason why I bought this router is to test it before I buy another 9 for use in other business offices.
It looks the feature was deactivated on some variants of the MR1100, together with Client Privacy (AP isolation).
Really looking forward for Netgear to release a firmware update to rectify this.
