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We have the Netgear Nighhawk X6 smart wifi router, Model:R8000. We have connected this router to on existed LAN(192.168.5.x) network AP mode
Disabled Dhcp. My requirement is, to enable the guest network and they no need to access our existed LAN network. We tried to enable the guest network and uncheck the "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network" option. Even though we are able to access the existed network through guest network. Kindly suggest me how to restrict the access to guests to local network.
The option "Allow guest to see each other and access my local network" allows devices connected to guest network to be able to communicate with your local network. For the option for guest device that will be able to see other guest devices even if the "allow" option is disabled is not possible with the router. It is intended to isolate each devices same as public WiFi's.
So the R8000 works as an AP, right? If so, you cannot restrict the Guest Network while in AP mode as the AP just passes through whatever it recveives to your main network
maybe there's a bug in the firmware. There is no other way to achieve what you want using the stock firmware. You'll have to use a 3rd party firmware like Tomato which can be set up to have separate bridges for local and guest network using VLANs
I'm trying to achieve something similar. With my old ASUS router, guests could see each other but not my local LAN. I have a few private NAS boxes and I want to keep my Airbnb guests in their own network. This also means that their Chromecast in the room will be on the guest network. For obvious reasons, Chromecast doesn't work if the guests can't see each other. Alternatively I know I could turn on guest mode on the Chromecast but it's a bit cumbersome for the guests.
The thing that confuses me the most is the "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network." Setting.
This setting essentially provides the same access as a non-guest network correct? The only difference would be a different SSID and password? I don't really see the purpose of this.
Doesn't it make more sense to have it allow guests to see each other but not the local network? Is there a workaround to make this happen?
The option "Allow guest to see each other and access my local network" allows devices connected to guest network to be able to communicate with your local network. For the option for guest device that will be able to see other guest devices even if the "allow" option is disabled is not possible with the router. It is intended to isolate each devices same as public WiFi's.
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