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jpow01
Aspirant
Oct 21, 2018

Netgear EX6200 creating Vlans

As you will notice in the picture below I have only created 1 LAN for each of the 2.4 and 5 GHz channels.  For some reason however, my extender will allow itself to develop alternate VLANs ,...
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jpow01
Aspirant
Oct 23, 2018

I really do appreciate the time and input that both of you have given me; it is very helpful and educational. That makes sense however, I only have the Base Station and Extender; my desktop doesn't roam to any AP's. I guess my real question is- Is this a security risk? I'm not broadcasting any SSID and have set basic security settings for both intermidiary devices.

 

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 25, 2018
jpow01 wrote:

however, I only have the Base Station and Extender; my desktop doesn't roam to any AP's.

 

In this context the base station and the extender are both APs.

 

FWIW, I agree with schumaku that there is no security benefit in hiding the SSID - and that not broadcasting them can create issues.