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Guest Network to Private
Hello, I have a Orbi RBR750 with a internal network setup as well as a guest network. I'm trying to configure the Orbi to allow any IP on the guest network to access one single static IP (my Marantz ...
This is correct. One could limit the vulnerability by forwarding the port only while guests are present. The purpose of the proposal was to investigate whether devices on the Guest WiFi network have the same ability to use NAT Loopback as devices on the primary network. If devices on the Guest WiFi network are not able to use NAT Loopback, that would seem to indicate that there is NO method to allow guests to access a resource on the primary network - none.
I find Netgear's change in Guest network options disappointing. There can be all sorts of occasions when one might want temporary users (i.e. "guests") to have access to a local resource, such as a printer, file server, game server, etc. and be uncomfortable sharing the primary WiFi SSID with them. With the WiFi5 feature, it is almost trivial to enable Guest access shortly before they arrive and disable it after they leave. (either enable/disable the feature, or enable/disable Guest WiFi entirely)
There can be all sorts of occasions when one might want temporary users (i.e. "guests") to have access to a local resource, such as a printer, file server, game server, etc. and be uncomfortable sharing the primary WiFi SSID with them.
Agreed.
Though I don't think the old options were enough either. It'd be great is you could just set up one or more specific devices on the primary network to be accessible from the guest network.