creating a time restricted guest network Virgin homehub 3.0 home hub or new router?

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looking on thoughts on doing the above.


want to be able to have a guest network in place with time restrictions for the kids. ideally 2 so older son can have later access than the youngest.


can this be done with the superhub 3.0 i see the guest network option but no options to restrict the times of use.

also if i use another router can i just take a cat5 cable out the superhub to a new router or would i be better with a AP?

 

[BigT]

A Ubiquiti Access Point will do this for you if you go down that route. Up to 4 different SSIDs and each can have different settings in terms of times they are available. I haven’t seen an ISP router that does multiple guest WiFi but am not familiar with virgin’s offering. I’d be mighty impressed if it did.

 

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The ubiquiti units are they just a case of my current router then plug it into a cat5/6 cable somewhere in the house ?

Would i still be able to keep the VM router in use or would it have to go modem only

 

[Avalon]

The ubiquiti units are they just a case of my current router then plug it into a cat5/6 cable somewhere in the house ?

Would i still be able to keep the VM router in use or would it have to go modem only

Yes it just plugs in, poe injector and mount it centrally, you could leave the VM router exactly as it is, obviously change the vm wifi password or the kids will just connect to that.

 

[BigT]

As @Avalon says. An all in one router like the superhub tends to do the following with respect to your internet provision and network:

1. Act as a modem to make the connection out to the internet
2. Route traffic around your network and out to the internet. This encompasses lots of services like NAT and DHCP
3. Act as a wireless access point for WiFi devices to be part of this network
4. Act as a four port switch for wired devices to be part of this network

While I don't know the Superhub well, I assume modem only mode means it only performs function 1 (and possibly 4) and requires another device (normally another router) to do point 2 as a minimum. You still want it to do all it's jobs bar maybe the wifi bit (which you can normally turn off on it's own). Thus doing as Avalon says achieves this as long as you change the wifi password on the Superhub as a minimum.

Also be mindful of how clever kids can be these days. I know some who would know to get their own access point and quietly plug it into an ethernet port (maybe on the superhub or downstream) and create their own hidden SSID to connect to without restriction! You can do this with a wired laptop or computer that also has wifi easily enough.

 

[Avalon]

Kids have always been sneaky - I know someone who used to war dial his way past the call barring pin on his parents line, others who worked out that hitting redial would work and yet more who figured cordless phones with displays would often show you call history.