How to create a network for guests on the MERCUSYS Wi-Fi Routers

This article mainly explains what a Guest Network is and provides detailed instructions on how to create a Guest Network.

Guest Network provides secured Wi-Fi access for guests to share your home or office network. When you have visitors in your house, apartment, or workplace, you can enable the guest network for them. You can set different access options for Guest Network users, which is very effective to ensure the security and privacy of your main network.

To Create the Guest Network.

1. Log in to the web-based interface of the router by referring to How to log into the web-based interface of the MERCUSYS Wireless N Router?

2. Go to Advanced > Wireless > Guest Network.

3. Create a guest network as needed.

1) Tick the Enable checkbox.

2) Customize the SSID. Don‘t select Hide SSID unless you want your guests to manually input the SSID for guest network access.

3) Set Security to WPA/WPA2 Personal and customize your own password.

Enable 2.4GHz Guest Network in Guest Network page.

4. Click Save. Now, your guests can access your guest network using the SSID and password you set!

Customize guest network options as needed.

Locate the Guest Permissions section.

The options in Guest Permissions page.

• Allow guests to see each other. Tick this checkbox if you want to allow the wireless clients on your guest network to communicate with each other via methods such as network neighbors and Ping.

• Allow guests to access my local network. Tick this checkbox if you want to allow the wireless clients on your guest network to communicate with the devices connected to your router's LAN ports or main network via methods such as network neighbors and Ping.

Click Save. Now, you can ensure network security and privacy!