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FYI Netgear: Guest Network not always truly disabled.
This is a random discovery about my R7000. I don't know who else might have this quirk. I don't think its a huge deal but still perhaps something Netgear would like to know about. I use this in s...
To see whether if it will really show the SSID that has been disabled.
If you have selected OFF then it should be OFF and should not be broadcasted. If you're saying otherwise, then that unit has a problem.
What new information would a WiFi scanner provide?
l'll restate the problem just for clarity. Sometimes when I turn the guest WiFI off it remains on. The admin page will say it is off but I can still find it, connect to it, and succesfully navigate to new web pages from a multitude of devices. Rebooting resolves this but the whole point was to not reboot while other users were still attached. The work around is to simply rename the guest connection as well as disabling it. Then it will truly disable with out the need for a reboot.
I will note that my R7000 at home never did this either. However, even when streaming HD to several users, my home network is never worked as hard as the one at work.
In the end it really does not matter. It was just a tiny detail I found.
To see whether if it will really show the SSID that has been disabled.
If you have selected OFF then it should be OFF and should not be broadcasted. If you're saying otherwise, then that unit has a problem.