NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

sutedy's avatar
sutedy
Guide
Jan 30, 2017
Solved

Netgear Advanced settings

I want to turn on AP Isolation for better security, how to set it? Is there anyway to change router username 'admin' to something else
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Feb 02, 2017

    sutedy wrote:

    Do i have to turn on guest network? I afraid it will slow down and load router unnecessary since no one will use guest network.

     

    If you want isolation with the stock firmware, then you need to use the guest network instead of the normal network. 

     

    There wouldn't be any noticeable slowdown, just a bit of extra broadcast traffic.  If you want everything isolated, then you can hide the SSID on the main network (I don't think you can turn the main network off but keep guest running).