Guest network questions

Jhollis15 · March 2, 2018

Hey guys I have a quick question. Does enabling guest Wi-Fi split the bandwidth of the household? Say I'm paying for 10 Mbps. When I enable the guest does it then allocate 5 Mbps to the guest and the remaining 5 to the primary network?

Electronics Wizardy · March 2, 2018

Depends on your router but its normally you can get full bandwith on both and its split evenly if 2 people are using it.

mynameisjuan · March 2, 2018

Guest usually provides full bandwidth, but anyone on the main network gets priority.

AngryBeaver · March 2, 2018

12 hours ago, Jhollis15 said:

Hey guys I have a quick question. Does enabling guest Wi-Fi split the bandwidth of the household? Say I'm paying for 10 Mbps. When I enable the guest does it then allocate 5 Mbps to the guest and the remaining 5 to the primary network?

Guest normally just isolates your main network from others. The bandwidth available should be the same unless otherwise configured (some routers offer this). You can also set priority thresholds so that your main network always gets priority as well.

Just think of a guest network as a way to keep your main wifi network and password safe. It allows you to offer wifi to friends without giving them the ability to see or access anything of yours.