Guest wifi on the wlanbox2

@Dr-No

That’s exactly how it is.

So you’ve answered your own question straight away.

Will this be expanded in the future?

I wouldn’t rule it out, but I don’t know of any concrete plans to do so.

Basically, the Internet-Box 2 also has a guest WiFi.

You then write whether only Internet-Box 3 has the guest WiFi, which is also true.

But if you mean the WLAN-Box 2, that’s a different device again. I don’t know whether the WLAN-Box 2 also takes over the guest WLAN.

The guest WLAN is transferred 1:1 from the IBx to the WLAN-Box(2).

This wasn’t possible at the beginning of the WB’s, but it’s been possible for over a year now.

However, the guest WiFi must be activated on the IB(x), you cannot activate the guest WiFi on the WB alone

POGO 1104

Simply activate the synchronization in the IB3.

edit: yes, that’s true. The guest WiFi is not listed on the WB. But hopefully on the device you want to connect to 😉

I have an IB2 in the basement and a WLAN-Box2 connected via LAN in the living room.

I can use the Home App to activate the guest WiFi, set a password, etc.

But when I then want to connect a device to the guest WiFi, it appears connected but –>no internet access.

Where is the problem?

@SiRe

It could be that you have given the devices a fixed IP address with 192.168.1.x, because the guest WiFi has a different IP address that has nothing to do with 192.168.1.x.

This is the advantage of the guest WiFi that you cannot use it to access your own network.

Hello @WalterB,

Sorry, I only found out about your answer now🤐

Yes, it is the case that various devices have fixed IP addresses.

But not my smartphone with which I try to connect to the guest WiFi!?

What do I have to set where so that I can access the www?

Thanks and greetings,
Reto

@SiRe

I don’t have to set anything special on the smartphone, just connect the guest WiFi as usual, i.e.

- Activate/set up guest WiFi on the IB3

- Select the guest WiFi from the available networks on your smartphone

- Enter the guest WiFi password

Do you have another device (tablet, laptop,…) available to test the guest WiFi? This way you could at least triage whether the problem is with the end device or the IB/WB.

Hello @hed,

yes, I would expect that too.

I have tested 2 smartphones and a tablet so far. Always with the same result:

Status: Connected

Signal strength: OK

Speed, frequency and encryption also OK.

But:

Connected (no internet access)😖

@SiRe

And in the “normal” WLAN of the IB/WB you have no problem with Internet access with these devices?

Have you restarted the IB and WB yet?

Do you have any other devices in the network that run their own DHCP server?

What kind of values ​​does the laptop receive in the guest WLAN from the DHCP server (IP, gateway, subnet mask,…) -> queryable with ipconfig /all via CMD or PS.

-Normal WLAN works without any problems with all devices, regardless of whether they are connected on the ground floor via WLAN-Box or in the basement directly via IB2

-All devices have been restarted several times

-I am not aware that other devices have their own DHCP server

I can test -Ipconfig with an external laptop next week because my desktop doesn’t have WiFi…

@SiRe

Just another question: Have you deactivated the 2.4 GHz WLAN?

@Werner: Both 2.4 and 5 GHz are switched on in the normal WLAN and devices are connected to 2.4 GHz on both the IB2 and the WLAN-Box2. Thank you

Good evening, today I tried again in the basement (where the IB2 is) to connect to the guest WiFi with my smartphone and now it worked straight away😳

And of course it doesn’t work in the living room via the WLAN-Box2 with the same guest WLAN…

But that suggests that something must be configured incorrectly? Since you can hardly configure anything, I’m still wondering where the error lies?

Another question @SiRe:

Do you perhaps still have a switch between IB2 and WB2? What kind? Make/Model

If yes, the switch must tag VLAN ID 1977 to the ports. A normal 0815 switch can’t do that, a smart managed switch has to do that

@POGO 1104: Hello, to be honest, without understanding exactly what it’s about, I could imagine that that’s where the problem lies…

I use a switch from Zyxel the GS1900 series which is between IB2 and WB2. Right👍

As I understand it, the VLAN supports.

But I have no experience with this yet! Can you explain this to me or tell me where I can find the necessary information?

Thanks and greetings,
Reto