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Orbi offers to create a new IoT ssid Wifi network. However, this is connected to core network and main SSID. As IoT devices are often NOT maintained by vendors (only rarely firmware upgraded and o...
schumaku
Oct 23, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Just my wild guess (and small hope) that the three "networks" of the WiFi 7 Orbi systems are L2 isolated only, right on the router and all satellites, spanning the wireless backhaul probably - and the fun is over the moment when a wired backhaul is in place. This is where commodity will have it's end - until Netgear will introduce an Orbi Pro WiFi 7 system supporting VLANs (similar to the Orbi Pro WiFi 6 systems). Full L2 isolation on the wired network would require custom designed switches. Time will show...