unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBenefits of running 2 Wi-Fi networks from the same router? What are the downsides? (I don't know if there is a better community for this question)message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareBenefits of running 2 Wi-Fi networks from the same router? What are the downsides? (I don't know if there is a better community for this question)unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
I am worried that there is not really a benefit of doing that, just more noise and energy consumption.
minus-squaredanAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI used to have a Netgear Nighthawk router/AP I bought from Costco, and if I remember correctly, its guest network automatically isolated guests from other guests. This router didn’t support VLANs so I think it was just a bunch of firewall rules.
I used to have a Netgear Nighthawk router/AP I bought from Costco, and if I remember correctly, its guest network automatically isolated guests from other guests. This router didn’t support VLANs so I think it was just a bunch of firewall rules.