ORBI GUEST ACCT - OPTION TO NOT BROADCAS SSIDT

[RickML]

Nighthawk R7000 interface provides unencrypted connection with hidden SSID while ORBI does not.

Use case- provide similar option to users who want to provide unencrypted guest acct without neighbors having visibility.
Rationale- presently there's no point in providing a broadcasted guest SSID requiring login credentials, and certainly having same in the clear opens new vector for nosy neighbors with either malicious or benign intent to use free internet.

[schumaku]

Offering this -stupid- hide SSID does leave unexperienced average users in wrong safety. An SSID was never intended to be hidden by the Wi-Fi standards. It's a piece of cake (even free) to find this "hidden" network and make use of it - exactly by the audience you have in mind. feel free to plug. Even adding MAC filters won't help much - very easy to grab a valid MAC once it's there, too.

It is the same like putting your network cable to the road, mark it "here is your hidden network" you are free to use it. 

The blunt minimum is to configure the guest network with a visible SSID, place a note your real trusted guests can see or receive so they can access it.