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Collector123
Initiate
Feb 15, 2016
Status:
New Idea

R8000 Guest Network Needs Separated Wireless Isolation and Local Network Access

Guest Network now combined the 2 functions "Wireless Isolation" and "Local Network Access" as a single option. In the old days, they are separate options.   My Chromecast does NOT work on Guest Net...
chromecast
guest network
Local Network Access
R8000
Wireless Isolation
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MrPeanutbutter
Novice
Apr 04, 2020

Well done, Netgear. I was dead set on your Orbi system, but reading about this issue has completely put me off. I was even willing to overlook the lack of advanced customisation such as no QoS etc, but this takes the biscuit.