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dangermaus
Aspirant
Oct 31, 2016
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nighthawk router with existing ruckus zonedirector

hello,

 

i have been asked to arrange parental controls for a very large home. previously they had a pfsense box connected to a ruckus zd1200 which controls the 8 access points and created two vlans....one of which was controlled (kids and guests) and one that wasnt (parents). the house is approx 10,000 sq ft and across 4 floors (basement/attic).

 

i dont want to put a pfsense box in as i want the users to manage the parental controls..;..however, they will not remove the access points.

 

my questions are:

 

- can i connect the ruckus zd1200 to a nighthawk router and still be able to use the genie app to manage the device security?

- if i configure the ruckus to publish one SSID and configure the nighthawk to publish another....can i run parental controls on one of the SSID or will it be per device across all of them?

 

alternatively....would a nighthawk conver the whole house without dropouts?

 

sorry for the vagueness but this is not my area of expertise. if there is someone who could help please let me know.

 

regards,

 

samuel

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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Nov 04, 2016

    Hi dangermaus,

     

    1. Yes, you can connect the Ruckus but the NETGEAR Genie was tested to work only within the router's subnet which means it may not be able to detect the devices that connect to the 2 VLAN's of the Ruckus. Not seeing the devices in the Network Map will not allow you to set per device filtering levels.

    2. Please see first answer. Per device filtering will only be accessible if the device/s shows up on the Network Map. However, the default/universal filtering level may apply to the rest of the connected devices.

    3. It is difficult to guarantee coverage since different network environments yield different results.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Nov 04, 2016

    Hi dangermaus,

     

    1. Yes, you can connect the Ruckus but the NETGEAR Genie was tested to work only within the router's subnet which means it may not be able to detect the devices that connect to the 2 VLAN's of the Ruckus. Not seeing the devices in the Network Map will not allow you to set per device filtering levels.

    2. Please see first answer. Per device filtering will only be accessible if the device/s shows up on the Network Map. However, the default/universal filtering level may apply to the rest of the connected devices.

    3. It is difficult to guarantee coverage since different network environments yield different results.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

    • dangermaus's avatar
      dangermaus
      Aspirant
      Nov 10, 2016

      thank you for your response.

       

      if i only create one subnet theni should be able to see all the devices...is there any way to get a home demonstration or would i be able to return the router if this method doesnt work.

       

      dont think i will be looked upon too kindly if i buy a £400 router which doesnt do what i hope it can...or if he doesnt like the interface?? is there an online demo i can use to test the user interface?

       

      regards,

       

      samuel