If you have a password-protected home workgroup, this should be secure, but watch out for any folders that are shared without passwords.Īlso, make sure that you have changed the router’s default names and passwords, because a device with name:admin password:admin is just asking to be hacked. Asus, TP-Link, Netgear and Linksys have them, so I assume other suppliers do too.Īfter you have set everything up, log onto the guest network and make sure that you cannot access any of the other devices on your network.
In general, it’s not secure to run a guest network that isn’t encrypted, and especially not one with a default password, such as Linksys’s BeMyGuest.īefore you buy a new router, check the online instructions and FAQs for setting up guest networks. You must also choose an authentication system, such as WPA2-Personal and an access key. In some cases, you won’t have a choice: the router may simply add -guest to your current SSID. You can then enable the setting for either the 2.4GHz or the 5GHz network or both, and type in whichever network name – ie SSID – you want. To set up the guest network, log on to the new router and select Guest Network (or something similar) from the admin page. (The BT Home Hub 5 has both VDSL2 and ADSL2 routers built in.) If so, in theory, you should be able to plug a different router into the VDSL2 modem – but perhaps readers could comment if they have tried this and failed. If you have a BT Home Hub 3, I assume you have one of these. When BT launched Infinity, it provided separate VDSL2 modems to make the connection to the OpenReach cabinet on the street. This applies to many Asus, TP-Link, Netgear and Linksys modems, among others (these links are meant to provide examples, not recommendations, but they all rank pretty well on .uk).
You’re right in thinking that the simplest solution is a router that offers guest access as a built-in feature.
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