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Guest Wifi
2026-04-22 17:41:57 - last edited 2 weeks ago
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Model: Omada Software Controller (Linux)  
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Firmware Version: 6.2

Hi, here's a omada in a vm on linux running very well. Several Wifis are working. 

But now, we want to setup a guest wifi. This guest wifi shouldn't use any of our LAN ressources. It should be complete bypass our network. What options do i have here?

I thought that a patch a cable from our router from a different NIC to the patchpanel and than ... what?

MY favorite setup would be a seperate Class C network but i have to tell the omada to use a different gateway to connect to the internet. 

Does someone has an hint for me to get a solution for this?

Regards simpsonetti

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Re:Guest Wifi-Solution
2026-04-23 15:32:13 - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @simpsonetti then I recommend just setting up a Guest Wi-Fi that only has connectivity to the internet; you can set up a VLAN that has public DNS servers and set up ACLs to ensure it doesn't have access to any other LANs.

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Re:Guest Wifi
2026-04-22 21:41:31

  @simpsonetti If your concern is using LAN resources that should be used for the regular network, you could implement a Guest SSID, isolate it with ACLs, and use bandwidth limiting to ensure the traffic never affects the main network. But if you want complete physical separation, you'd need a whole separate internet connection. If you can explain your use case more, we can offer further insight.

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Re:Guest Wifi
2026-04-23 15:26:20

  @NeilR_M 

no, not separate internetconnection, only the wifi should be bypassed. 

I thought something like a configure in omada a seperate wfifi with a gateway that bypasses our server (where all traffic goes through) and patch a cable from the central switch to the internet router to a separate interface and than "out". 

 

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Re:Guest Wifi-Solution
2026-04-23 15:32:13 - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @simpsonetti then I recommend just setting up a Guest Wi-Fi that only has connectivity to the internet; you can set up a VLAN that has public DNS servers and set up ACLs to ensure it doesn't have access to any other LANs.

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Re:Guest Wifi
2 weeks ago
Hi Neil, so i think this might be a solution. I think i will setup this next week. I will update here. Thanks.
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