Archer AX55: Main network, Guest network and IoT
I am moving all my IoT devices to the guest network for security reasons. Most of the devices only use the 2.4G band but some (such as the Amazon Echo devices) can use both bands.Therefore I have enabled both the 2.4G and the 5G guest networks. All the remaining devices (PCs, iPhones, iPads, etc.) are 5G capable and I would like to have them all use only the 5G main network. I disabled the 2.4G main network however the 2.4G guest network is also disabled when I do this which is unacceptable.
Question: Is there a way to disable the 2.4G main network but still keep the 2.4G guest network enabled? A workaround would be to use different SSIDs for the main network and have the devices use only the 5G SSID (I use SmartConnect and am used to only one SSID). I also use two RE700X range extenders in an EasyMesh configuration and disabling the main 2.4G network would eliminate any unnecessary signalling and interference.
If the main network 2.4G can not be disabled without also disabling the guest network counterpart, perhaps tp-link could add this capability in a future firmware release. Another nice feature would be to add the IoT network capability to the EasyMesh firmware as was done with the WireGuard release.