Sadly, the DIR-890L is not the only router that fails to offer Guest network encryption. Playing with the online emulator for the DIR-890L, I found no option for encryption on its guest network, which contrasts with the DIR-860L that does offer WPA2 encryption on both of its Guest networks. To confuse things, they use the term 'Zone' rather than network or LAN and throw in 'host' too, a term with a specific meaning to techies, but that may sound like we are arranging a dinner party to some. The older D-Link DIR-860L, which I wrote about recently, has an option called 'Routing Between Zones' which D-Link says controls whether 'Guest clients' can access 'Host clients' data'. The D-LINK DIR-890L calls this 'Internet Access Only' and it is in the Home Network Access section (see below).Ĭonfiguring a Guest Network on the D-LINK DIR-890L On the other hand, the RT-N66U can create three Guest networks on each frequency band. There is no explanation in either the router interface or the 70 page User Guide.Ĭonfiguring a Guest Network on the Asus RT-N66U Asus owners that don't know that 'intranet' is synonymous with LAN (Local Area Network), are left to their own devices. Their RT-N66U refers to this feature as 'Access Intranet' expecting average consumers to understand the terminology. To configure this on a TRENDNET TEW-813DRU look for the 'Internet Access Only' checkbox as shown below ( full size) which is explained to 'prevent guests from accessing the private LAN network'.Ĭonfiguring a Guest Network on the TRENDNET TEW-813DRUĮxplaining is not something Asus does (see below).

Isolated guests can get to the Internet, they just can't get to any device on the private LAN.Īn example of this, from the TP-LINK Archer C8 is shown below ( see larger) The relevant checkbox is 'Allow Guests To Access My Local Network'.Ĭonfiguring a Guest Network on the TP-LINK Archer C8 This prevents guests from being able to access files on a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device or print to a network printer. That is, a guest user can not see any Ethernet connected devices, nor can they see any Wi-Fi devices that are logged on to a private Wi-Fi network (many routers can create a private network on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands). The first type of isolation keeps guest users away from the private LAN.

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