3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified when you set
up your router. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4. Select Guest Network.
The Guest Network Settings page displays.
5. Configure the following settings to set up a 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or 6 GHz guest network,
or a guest WiFi network that is active on two radios or all radios:
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Enable Guest Network: By default, the guest WiFi network is disabled. To enable
the guest WiFi network for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz WiFi band, select the Enable
Guest Network check box.
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Enable SSID Broadcast: By default, the router broadcasts the SSID of the WiFi
band so that WiFi stations can detect the WiFi name (SSID) in their scanned
network lists. To turn off the SSID broadcast for the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or 6 GHz
guest WiFi network, clear the Enable SSID Broadcast check box.
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Allow guests to see each other and access my local network: By default, WiFi
clients that are connected to the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or 6 GHz guest WiFi network
cannot access WiFi devices or Ethernet devices that are connected to the main
WiFi network. To allow access to the main WiFi network, select the Allow guests
to see each other and access my local network check box.
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Guest Wireless Network Name (SSID): The SSID is the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or 6 GHz
guest WiFi network name. The default name for all three networks is
NETGEAR-Guest.
To change the SSID, type a name of maximum 32 characters in the field. The SSID
is case-sensitive.
6. Select a WiFi security option for the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
radios for the guest WiFi network:
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None: An open WiFi network does not provide any security, and no password is
required. Any WiFi device can join the guest WiFi network.
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WPA2-Personal: This is the default setting for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi guest
networks. This type of security provides a secure and fast connection but some
older WiFi devices do not detect WPA2 and support only WPA. If your guest WiFi
network includes these older devices, select WPA-Personal + WPA2-Personal
security.
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WPA-Personal + WPA2-Personal: Enables WiFi devices that support either WPA
or WPA2 to join the guest WiFi network. However, WPA is less secure than WPA2
and limits the speed of WiFi devices to 54 Mbps.
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WPA3-Personal: Enables WiFi devices that support WPA3 to join the guest WiFi
network. WPA3 is the latest security standard, uses SAE encryption, and is more
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Nighthawk WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Model RS600
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