I am worried that there is not really a benefit of doing that, just more noise and energy consumption.

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    That was an amazing read. Thank you.

    What do you say is the use case for separating guest Wi-Fi with the more “private” stuff on your network?

    As far as I understand… Basically all communications, even inside a network, are encrypted… So I guess you do that to avoid someone trying to exploit some vulnerability?

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      Basically all communications, even inside a network, are encrypted

      LOL, oh no.

      Even internet traffic isn’t encrypted by default.

      Sadly TCP/IP isn’t encrypted.

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          You can trust the person, without trusting their technical skills, such that they haven’t inadvertently installed malware on their own devices.

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      Remember that once you give the password out, they likely have the password from now on. They will always have access until you change the password.

      No, a lot of local traffic is not encrypted, especially residential. No, residential probably doesn’t use much authentication or separation of privileges.

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      I don’t want my guests to be able to access my home server or Omada controller for example, or spread malware (their phone may have malware without them even knowing). Also, I give the guest wifi to people other than friends, like contractors. Phone reception is horrible at my house so I give them the wifi so they can use wifi calling.