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Enabling Guest network impacts main wifi users receiving 169.x.x.x
Hi, I am experiencing very unusual behavior on my RBRE960 and 2x RBSE960 (now with ethernet back hauls) I have deduced that when I enable guest wifi, Iphones reconnecting to my main wifi, are s...
GLO wrote:
When I disable guest Wifi, the issue seems to go away for the most part.
"for the most part"?
i.e. the same iPhone
- when Guest WiFi is not enabled, connects to the primary WiFi correctly, but
- If Guest WiFi is enabled (and the Orbi WiFi radios reboot), the iPhone does not get assigned an IP address and has no internet, but
- If the Guest WiFi is disabled (and the Orbi radios reboot again), the iPhone again connects to the primary WiFi and is assigned an IP address.
What is "for the most part"?
p.s. Sorry, I neglected to reference the subject of the "169" IP addresses. Those are not assigned by the Orbi system. They are created by the device itself when it does not receive an IP address using the normal DHCP process: