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WNR2000-5 in AP mode doesn't prevent guest user to access my personal home network
Hello there I have been using a WNR2000v5 in AP mode for a few years, and recently i discovered that my guest can acces my home network by using the WiFi guest network . I beleived that using the W...
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> [...] WNR2000v5 in AP mode [...]
How, exactly, did you do that? "Use the Router as a Wireless Access
Point" in the WNR2000v5 User Manual, or some other scheme?
The following router features are not available (grayed out) when
the router is in AP mode:
Guest Network
[...]
"Guest Network" is a router feature, not a wireless-access-point
feature.
> Guest networks create a completely separate WiFi network [...]
Not the most accurate description, I'd say.
On these routers, a "guest network" is not a separate network, but
there are firewall-like rules (enabled by default) which can limit the
ability of "guest" client devices to communicate with non-guest client
devices. (Those firewall-like rules are implemented in the router
section of the device, which is why that functionality is lost when the
router is configured as a wireless access point.)
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