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Put main and guest wireless on same subnet?
The RB850 seems to default to 192.168.1.1 for the main wireless and 192.168.2.1 for the guest wireless... I want to use the guest wireless to connect non WIFI6 compatible devices to my network while...
Dustin_T wrote:
Thanks for all that info! I thought the backhaul connection between mesh nodes might operate at higher throughput and other things like beam forming, etc... but if it's just the authentication protocol I'll just keep it at WiFi 5 and have all my devices able to talk to each other. Thanks!
The backhaul connection between router and satellites is set for a separate 5G WiFi band (different in North America and the rest of the world) and has 802.11ax enabled. There are a bunch of parameters for the backhaul link that are set and the customer has no control over, such as always using ax.
The only reason I know of to disable ax on the user facing WiFi channels is when there are devices that are so old that they simply will not work unless ax is turned off.
And there is the crux: I have old Ring and Wemo devices that can’t connect to whatever the AX authentication protocol is 🙂
Security on current router systems is WPA2 and AES, There is a separate WPA3 mode as well. Orbi also supports older security modes TPIK as well. IT's up to the connecting devices to support these security modes. You'll need to contact the mfrs of these devices for help and information regarding there products and there security mode support.
