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Nighthawk RS100 vs RS300 - IoT devices
Hello! My goal is to have all of my IoT devices on a separate network. I've been googling and searching on this forum on whether or not nighthawk RS100 or RS300 can set up IoT devices on a separ...
None of the RS series routers offer the IoT network feature. You can create a guest network and could isolate the 2.4 Ghz devices, but you wouldn't be able to control them from the devices connected to the main wifi. The RS200 router would be a better choice for your use case.
You can create a guest network and could isolate the 2.4 Ghz devices, but you wouldn't be able to control them from the devices connected to the main wifi
There is a setting to "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network" - enablng that should give you the same functionality as the IoT network feature.
Netgear's IoT network does not isolate the IoT devices.
not behind the firewall
I don't know what you mean by this. FWIW, there is nothing in the manual that suggests the firewall is not in effect for the guest network.
Yes, I meant if that option is unchecked for isolation (default setting), then the IoT devices can't be controlled from the main wifi network.