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Deco W3600 , Deco X68(2-pack) , Deco X20 , Deco X50-DSL , Deco M1300 , Deco X68 , Deco HC4 , Deco X25 , Deco X3600(2-pack) , Deco Voice X50 , Deco E4R , Deco X58-4G , Deco E4S , Deco X5700 , Deco X4300 Pro , Deco S4(3-pack) , Deco M4(3-pack) , Deco X60(3-pack) , Deco W6000 , Deco XE5300 , Deco M5 , Deco M4 , Deco X3600 , Deco HX20 , Deco XE75 , Deco M3 , Deco X75 , Deco X20(3-pack) , Deco M5 Plus(3-pack) , DecoX5700 , Deco X50-4G , Deco S7(3-pack) , Deco X3600(3-pack) , Deco BE85 , Deco X50-PoE , Deco S4(2-pack) , Deco X50-Outdoor , Deco Voice X20 , Deco X73-DSL , Deco W7200 , Deco X50-5G , Deco X5400 Pro , Deco P9 , Deco X68(1-pack) , Deco X80 , Deco P7 , Deco X60(2-pack) , Deco HB6300-PoE , Deco X60(1-pack) , Deco X20-DSL , Deco X68(1 pack) , Deco 5G , Deco M5 Plus , Deco X20-4G , Deco S4(1-pack) , Deco PX50 , Deco BE95 , Deco S7 , Deco X76 Plus , Deco S4 , Deco X20(2-pack) , Deco X90 , Deco W2400 , Deco X95 , Deco X50 , Deco X96 , Deco X55 , Deco E4 , Deco E3 , Deco W6000(2-pack) , Deco X20(1-pack) , Deco BE63 , Deco HB6300-Outdoor , Deco BE65 , Deco X68(3-pack) , Deco XE75 Pro , Deco XE200 , Deco X80-5G , Deco X55 Plus , Deco M9 Plus , Deco X5700(2-pack) , Deco AC1200 , DecoX5700(2-pack) , Deco M3W , Deco X60
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As we know, a guest network is a network that is separated from your main network, providing internet access only for connected devices. Devices on the guest network cannot access devices on the main network.
When you connect one or more satellite Deco units to the main Deco unit through a switch, then you may need to add some configurations on the switch so that the guest network will work properly on the satellite Deco units.
Case 1: If you have an unmanaged switch.
If it is an unmanaged switch, no extra settings need to be configured on the switch. Just connect them, and the main network and guest network will work as expected.
Here are the two typical connection structures when working with the unmanaged switch.
Case 2. If you have a managed switch.
1. Please make sure that the version of your Deco App and firmware is up to date. Please refer to FAQ below if you have any questions: How to Update the Firmware of Deco
2. When you wire the satellite Deco unit to the main Deco unit through a managed switch, you may find that you cannot have access to Internet via the guest network of the satellite unit. Here we will teach you how to do the configuration on your managed switch so that the problem can be solved.
1) The main network and the guest network are separated by VLAN. The guest network is tagged with VLAN ID 591 by default, while the main network is untagged. You can also customize the VLAN ID as between 3-1024. Here we take VLAN ID 591 as an example.
Note: The VLAN ID button will only show up when your Decos are wired together through a network switch.
2) If you have only one satellite Deco, we assume the main Deco connects to port 1 of the switch, while the satellite Deco connects to port 2.
If you have two or more satellite Deco units, we assume the main Deco connects to port 1 of the switch, while the satellite Deco units connect to port 2 and port 3.
3) Configurations on the switch
Here we take the TP-Link easy smart switch TL-SG3428X as an example. Other switches work in a similar way.
Topology 1 (only one satellite Deco)
Configure the VLAN setting of the guest network
Go to L2 FEATURES>>VLAN>>802.1Q VLAN>>Add a new entry: Set VLAN ID as 591 and VLAN Name as a guest. Then select the Tagged Ports as 1-2 (port 1 leads to the main Deco, port 2 leads to the satellite Deco). After that, click Apply to save the settings.
Now the guest network will work properly on the satellite Deco.
Topology 2 (two or more satellite Deco units)
Configure the VLAN setting of the guest network
Go to L2 FEATURES>>VLAN>>802.1Q VLAN>>Add a new entry: Set VLAN ID as 591 and VLAN Name as a guest. Then select the Tagged Ports as 1-3 (port 1 leads to the main Deco, and port 2&3 leads to the two satellite Deco units). After that, click Apply to save the settings.
Now the guest network will work properly on the two satellite Deco units.
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