Guest Network- does it cause extra channels, even when off?

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elenaron2225 wrote:

Thanks for your reply.

I couldn't find anything in the User's manual about guest networks.

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Funny, I wonder what you are reading. I found 10 "hits" when I search the manual for "guest". For example, there is a whole section:

Set up a guest WiFi network

Then again, going back to your first message, there are too many puzzling issues that don't tell me that your Orbi device has anything to do with the "problem", if there is one.

Take this bit:

I have the Guest WiFi turned off in my ORBI app, but when I do a scan using the Airport Utility app on my iPhone, I get all these extra channels showing up called "Network Name Unavailable". They sure appear to be coming from my ORBI system because for each OBBI channel showing up, there is a "network name unavailable" channel popping up with the same channel number and very similar radiation strengh, in RSSI units of dBm.

You do realise that Orbi technology involves a wifi link between the router and the Orbi satellites. I wonder if this is what you see.

You could make a simple test. Turn on the guest wifi and examine the SSIDs that appear. Are they these same magical ones that you see? Or do you suddenly see some more wifi sources?

But as I said before, the name of this section General WiFi Routers (Non-Nighthawk & Non-Orbi) should tell you that you won't get much in the way of informed answers here. I don't claim to be an expert on Orbi technology even though I have a system. No guest network here, and no spurious wifi channels.

Once again, I suggest that you try here:

Orbi - NETGEAR Communities