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Enabling Guest Network
Has anyone tried the guest network yet? Couple of things I see. 1) When activating, I assume the router/satillite do some sort of reset, as my devices got disconnected during the process. 2) T...
wodehouse,
I am afaid you are incorrect. I have tested the guest network with various devices, phones (Android, iPhone, Windows Phone) , tablets (iPad Air, Android) , and computers (SurfacePro, Lenovo, Macbook, etc.). When they were attached they had no connectivity whatever to any of the devices that on on my wired or wireless network. The only addresses the router would accept would be public IP addresses and the were routed out the WAN port of the router. Any private address was dropped by the router.
It has nothing to do with the DNS it's all about how wireless creates a new "wl interface" and then uses the router and firewall rules to prevent traffic from going from this wireless network interface other other interfaces. If you dump IP tables and network adapter configurations you will see them change when the options for guest is turned off and on.
Netgear is not fooling anyone, If you think there is a bug or something in your configuration that may allow this to happen I would suggest you open a ticket with Netgear.
can you tell me how to dump the tables so I can see first hand the changes you call out? thanks
I too have seen the ability to reach, well, everything on the LAN from the guest network, but I'm in AP mode. I don't have the ability to run Orbi as a dedicated router, so I can't speak for the isolation available in the default configuration.
Rodney
Good point -- wodehouse, are you running your Orbi in AP mode? I'm not so that may explain the isolation behavior differences.
Hi guys,
Glad I am ont the only one seeing this. But, nope, I am not in AP mode. I do have a separate AP in the house on the internal network, but I have unplugged it during testing to remove it from the equation. Also I am running a WNDR4500v2 (not Orbi) with latest firmware (V1.0.0.60_1.0.38).
cheers
