Adding a Guest wireless network

wonder_lander · 27 Apr 2015 at 10:48

I've got the Sky Hub 2 for my fibre connection but I'm wanting to add a second restricted wireless network for guests.

The sky hub doesn't support this so do I just buy a wireless access point and use that? :confused:

meandu229 · 27 Apr 2015 at 10:58

What sort of restrictions do you want on it?

wonder_lander · 27 Apr 2015 at 11:19

meandu229 said:
What sort of restrictions do you want on it?

unrestricted internet access but tied down local folder access.

Orcvader · 27 Apr 2015 at 11:27

Then you can just buy a cheap cable router, leave the DCHP server on and everything connected to that router will be on its own network. Did this when I was in a student house so all my devices were on my own network (plus the SH2 wifi didn't reach my room

).

bremen1874 · 27 Apr 2015 at 11:46

If you daisychain a router as you describe the guest network will have full access to anything connected to the primary router. The guest network by default be inaccessible from the primary network, but that's the reverse of what's required.

Ch3m1c4L · 28 Apr 2015 at 13:53

connect them the other way round?

wonder_lander · 1 May 2015 at 17:32

Any further thoughts? Ditch the sky router?

wonder_lander · 7 May 2015 at 12:22

I guess not?

#Chri5# · 7 May 2015 at 12:47

What's the "server" on the main LAN holding the files?

wonder_lander · 7 May 2015 at 12:49

#Chri5# said:
What's the "server" on the main LAN holding the files?

See my post to this thread earlier today

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28006414&postcount=20

Admetos · 8 May 2015 at 20:34

wonder_lander said:
I guess not?

The Draytek Vigor 2860n does all this.

I have multiple WIFI's including guest network. You have options such as.

Guest network restricted from viewing types of websites.
Guest network can't see any other computers on your network.
Guest network given own QOS rule and/or bandwidth limits, in my case visitors can't slow down critical traffic.
Guest network on separate sub net.

The 2860n has to many features to list, also supports G.INP and can handle simultaneously 50,000 NAT sessions.