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Can I have a separate SSID for IoT devices?
Hi, I'm running a legacy setup which consists of a 24 port gigabit PoE switch in the attic, slaved to a MIMO router, which has a wired connection to the DSL router. It's got a bit complicated... ...
Just to expand further - this post from 2017 describes a very realistic scenario... with more people (indeed entire families) working from home on a semi-permanent basis thanks to COVID, and using home automation / smart meters, controls and sensors / voice assistants more than before, this isn't the edge case that it used to be.
Take my advice with a pinch of salt as it's not specifically in the DumaOS realm what you're asking as it's more to do with Netgear hardware and software capability. I can't really comment on the Extender capabilities as I haven't used it too often. On the router side, you can make a guest WiFi SSID and have the option as to whether you can allow it to access other guests and the network. You could try VLAN but you couldn't apply it to the guest network to have more flexibility.