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FYI: Let visitors use your Wi-Fi for additional security

Some routers support guest networks, which are part of the primary network but use a different password (or none at all). They may also limit certain features. Guest networks are often customary for businesses but are increasingly common for home networks.

A guest network allows your guests to access the Internet and to be locked OUT of your router and all other devices on your network. Its is for improved security on your network that may, or not be needed.

I just spent 30+ minutes on the phone with LUXUL discussing my router. Finally, we setup a guest network for people to use in our home. This network will allow them 100% access to the Internet but lock them out of accessing my router directly. The LUXUL user interface to do this is horrible. OTHER newer routers are much easier to set up a home network.

Guest Network Setup information link

In addition, and more important, I wanted to learn how to set up a guest network.  I am not worried about my guests  but wanted to know the setup.  

 

hgeifman
elliottbnewcombjr
5,363 posts
 

All hotels, inns, b&b, retirement communities do this (staff and guest), never occurred to me for home.

Mistakes can be made by entirely trustworthy people, if you have frequent visitors, makes sense to me. Even 1 visitor can ......

Sounds like it has to get easier for most home owners to setup and use.

balooo2
100 posts
 

+1 for the Asus routers robust, fantastic user interface,guest network setup is a breeze and you can control the bandwidth it provides to guest and is expandable to create a mesh system. Best all rounder I've come across.

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sejodiren
192 posts
 

Belkin has had a guest mode for years on my home router.  I never use a public network anymore after sitting at the Pensacola airport one morning and someone hacked into my Facebook Messenger while I was on it.  Just glad I wasn't on my banking site.  The vermin are everywhere....

hgeifman OP
2,186 posts
 

I setup my guest network as a learning experience.  My guests are trustworthy so that was not the concern or issue.   This was an experiment (THAT FAILED).

Several hours after I created the guest network, I was UNABLE to access my main network from my iPhone.  And, I was completely locked out of my router. YIKES.   Fortunately, I had a backup file (DO YOU HAVE A BACKUP?), so I did a router factory reset, reloaded the backup file and was back in operation (everything worked).  My assumption is the LUXUL support person forget some setting or changed something he was not supposed to.  Obviously, the setup has many different settings on many different screens.  This was very frustrating.  

My 5-year-old LUXUL XWR3150 router settings are very complicated, there is no documentation and, obviously, the LUXUL Customer Support people do not have all the answers.  Nothing is easy to deal with on my router.  AND, in addition, the LUXUL Easy Start App would NOT connect to my router (another issue.)

The newer routers are much more user-friendly.  YES, I have given up on creating a guest network. Is it time for a new router, maybe?

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curiousjim
4,689 posts
 

When I bought the Netgear Nighthawk, I set up a guest account. It only took a few minutes and was easy to do through the app.

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