Setting up a 2nd SSID on same router.

letiss7

Thank you all for the replies.


There seem to be many more options than I had considered so I'll give them a go this weekend starting with the simplest

AndyPix

letiss7 wrote: »

I am hoping that the fact that the guests are connected to a different SSID and the devices I want to 'hide' are on another SSID means they won't be visible.
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No it doesn't work like that

letiss7

Thank you to all that replied.
I attempted to setup a second SSID on the my Sky router and there is no option to do that as someone mentioned in one of the replies.
I then tried to attach an old router I had and get that to work but due to my lack of knowledge and time I couldn't get that to work either.


However whilst looking at other options I found a away of restricting access to one of the devices as any new client wishing to use it has to be authorised by the admin, ie me.
The other one they can access as a guest and only be able to view so I don't have a problem with that.

rhysadams

I've got a Draytek Router that I purchased off eBay. It allows me to have 4 different SSID's all with different settings.


eg. SSID 1 - We use this for all the main devices and has access to the internet, password

SSID 2 - Guest network, no access to network, unrestricted bandwidth, password

SSID 3 - Kids Network, has list of safe sites, restricted bandwidth and no access to network, password

SSID 4 - Guest Network, no access to network, restricted bandwidth, no password


The settings are immense! It has VPN availability and you can plug in a 4G modem to spread the bandwidth and increase the speed slightly.


Well worth the £50.00