WAC510 Guest Network

[hagepat]

I have 2 WAC510 and 1 WAC505 access-point.

The switches I have are Netgear switches and the router is also from Netgear.

I want to create a guest network. I know that I have to create seperate VLAN on switch and access-points.

But do I have to create the VLAN on the router also?

[DaneA · Accepted solution]

Hi @hagepat,

Welcome to the community! 🙂 

But do I have to create the VLAN on the router also?

Yes, so that router will be the DHCP server for the Guest network.  However, if the switch has a function to create a DHCP Pool for the Guest network then configure a DHCP Pool in the switch.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

[DaneA · Accepted solution]

Hi @hagepat,

Welcome to the community! 🙂 

But do I have to create the VLAN on the router also?

Yes, so that router will be the DHCP server for the Guest network.  However, if the switch has a function to create a DHCP Pool for the Guest network then configure a DHCP Pool in the switch.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

[schumaku]

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@hagepat wrote:

... and the router is also from Netgear.

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Which Netgear router model?

Please note older Wifi Routers, Nightawk, Orbi, and Orbi Pro don't come with any VLAN support for the local LAN side.