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Do Newest Orbi systems have VLAN tagging for Wifi Clients?
I've seen notes from 2019 that Vlan tags cannot be applied to wifi client devices. Has this changed? If not, why not? What exactly is the point of having 3 SSIDs? Is this for only for throttling?...
Where are you looking at this advertising at?
Only thing really tied to the WAN side is the Guest Network, and this would be isolated from the main LAN side.
Orbi Pro systems are the only ones that have VLAN tagging for wifi.
Home class systems don't have VLAN tagging for wifi. They have the main WLAN, Guest Network and now a separate IoT network for those problematic IoT devices.
Orbi Pro doesn't seem to be available anywhere, and why not include the feature in the latest Orbi 7xx and 9xx?
Plus, the IoT network has full visibility to the rest of the LAN, so what protection does it offer?
Not much all for VLAN with wifi in the home. Ya maybe for some advanced users but home home users want a system to setup easily and just run with out hassles. Most VLAN stuff is used in more office or business class environments mostly.
IoT network wasn't supposed to be isolated. If it was, then the IoT apps would be be able to communicate with there devices from the main WLAN. IoT was only implemented so users could get IoT devices connected to MESH systems only due to long history of users complain that they couldn't due to IoT Mfr lack and design and support of there devices and setup software that they seem to refuse to make work across both 2.4 and 5Ghz since these happen to be both on the same network.
NG choose to put in features where they decide and where they think the market will gain them profit. It's all up to them.
menlomike386 wrote:
Orbi Pro doesn't seem to be available anywhere, and why not include the feature in the latest Orbi 7xx and 9xx?
If these will come, I'm convinced you will see Orbi Pro 7 systems in the BE95xx and BE2xxxx class one day.
menlomike386 wrote:
Plus, the IoT network has full visibility to the rest of the LAN, so what protection does it offer?
The same any consumer class Orbi does have. This IoT "network" SSID is just yet another SSID with some selectable radios (bands). The only reason it exists must be paid to those crappy IoT devices still "requiring" a connection to a certain band - but does not come with any special or fancy security features.
The advertising is misleading. With all the talk of "security" I was led to think that the IoT SSID was WAN only. 😞
Where are you looking at this advertising at?
Only thing really tied to the WAN side is the Guest Network, and this would be isolated from the main LAN side.
menlomike386 wrote:
Orbi Pro doesn't seem to be available anywhere,...
Most EoL and no longer available due to poor product and production planning - without the right chips and chipsets, manufacturing is no longer possible.
Fits well to the non-existing product life cycle publications for what Netgear does try to sell as Business Solutions products.
Orbi Pro Wi-Fi 5 and 6 are phased out (listed as EoL, leaving the impression there is no more maintenance) while no Orbi Pro Wi-Fi 7 are in sight yet. Yalla, this would require certain continuity plans and backwards compatibility. I could cry out loud looking into the Which Orbi routers and satellites are compatible? - while for the Orbi Pro there is not even a compatibility table published. Figure.
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