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WAX220 - Configuring guest networks with multiple APs
I have three WAX220s providing WiFi coverage for my house. I have an isolated (Guest) SSID called (let's say) WapDevices which I use for things like Amazon Echo and FireTV which I don't want to have ...
driver8 wrote:
3. How does the DHCP service work? Do I need to assign different pools to the three access points, in which case the clients will pick up a new IP address whenever they switch to a new access point as they move around the house, but that will not be very robust.
The only routing a WAX220 can do is a many2one NAT for each local IP subnet hiding on the WAX220 LAN IP address.
driver8 wrote:
3. How does the DHCP service work? Do I need to assign different pools to the three access points, in which case the clients will pick up a new IP address whenever they switch to a new access point as they move around the house, but that will not be very robust.
Each DHCP IP pools of your Guest Network is handled local on each individual WAX220 only.
It does never leave each if the WAX220 Guest Networks.
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