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How do I dual- and tri-band guest networks

Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:25 am

I have found several guides on guest network:
https://www.marthur.com/networking/mikr ... wifi/2582/
https://category5.tv/shows/clips_tech/e ... uest-wifi/
https://itimagination.com/mikrotik-gues ... s-network/
https://www.prado.lt/how-to-setup-mikro ... fi-network
https://support.ringlogix.com/index.php ... a-mikrotik

and I have been successful with single-band.
But I am stuck with dual-band guest network and I can't find any guide.

Initially — since there are separate wlan1 for 2.4GHz and wlan2 for 5GHz — I had thought that I'd create twice as much VLANs, bridges, ports, addresses, DHCP setups and firewall rules: separately for 2.4 and separately for 5 GHz, yet it doesn't work this way, I must have missed some configuration.

Quick Set in RouterOS v6.47.10 (long-term) does contain a Guest Network option in Home AP Dual interface mode but I need more than one guest network, and the Guest Network option overwrites already existing entries without creating new ones ([off-topic] even if those entries were created manually, not by Quick Set — I would call it a bug [end of off-topic]).

I don't own a tri-band router, but since we are at the topic of more-than-one band, other users may benefit would the info be available.

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Re: How do I dual- and tri-band guest networks

Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:22 pm

Just add virtual networks as you need them.
Most MT wifi products come with two radios, one with 2.4 and one with 5, to get more wlans, you add virtual ones.
They share the same frequency and wifi settings but can be on different vlans and have different ssids.

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