Everything Instant On

Just had a couple of quick questions about getting some APs for our network.
Now in some of the material that I have been reading it says that the APs can create a separate Guest SSID, now I am assuming that a VLAN is required to do this?
or can this be managed by the APs itself

The reason why I ask is we have a customer that we are overhauling this with need 2 SSIDs, one for the office workers/main current network and a separate for guest
that works as 1 large contiguous wifi network so that the users can roam between building/aps. (right now they some consumer aps, but with no roaming ability)
but at the moment do not have any managed switches to handle vlans.

Ultimate goal is 
Roaming between APs
1 SSID work/current network
1 SSID for Guests, but separate IP range

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Tim Poulter
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no guest vlan, the APs create a dhcp server for guests on a random IP subnet that is not routable to anything on any LANs, just internet access.  you just give it a name or ssid and decide if you want it open, password protected or a portal.
Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2022 10:31 AM
From: Tim Poulter
Subject: Looking at Getting Instant On APs

Just had a couple of quick questions about getting some APs for our network.
Now in some of the material that I have been reading it says that the APs can create a separate Guest SSID, now I am assuming that a VLAN is required to do this?
or can this be managed by the APs itself

The reason why I ask is we have a customer that we are overhauling this with need 2 SSIDs, one for the office workers/main current network and a separate for guest
that works as 1 large contiguous wifi network so that the users can roam between building/aps. (right now they some consumer aps, but with no roaming ability)
but at the moment do not have any managed switches to handle vlans.

Ultimate goal is 
Roaming between APs
1 SSID work/current network
1 SSID for Guests, but separate IP range

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Tim Poulter
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Hey Tim! 

Just to add a little to VaV's post; 

- The APs will handle the routing/back end. No worries about managed switches. 

- You can specify the IP scheme: the address range and amount of DHCP clients
- As a Guest Network it will isolate clients from your Corporate networks and from each other. 

- If you have the need, you can specify IP addresses that you grant guest users access to, in addition to internet access. 

- You can limit bandwidth and specify a schedule that the guest network is active. 

- You can create a custom guest portal, no additional equipment needed (and it's pretty decent, too)

Hope this helps a bit. 

Cheers

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Ethan
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2022 10:31 AM
From: Tim Poulter
Subject: Looking at Getting Instant On APs

Just had a couple of quick questions about getting some APs for our network.
Now in some of the material that I have been reading it says that the APs can create a separate Guest SSID, now I am assuming that a VLAN is required to do this?
or can this be managed by the APs itself

The reason why I ask is we have a customer that we are overhauling this with need 2 SSIDs, one for the office workers/main current network and a separate for guest
that works as 1 large contiguous wifi network so that the users can roam between building/aps. (right now they some consumer aps, but with no roaming ability)
but at the moment do not have any managed switches to handle vlans.

Ultimate goal is 
Roaming between APs
1 SSID work/current network
1 SSID for Guests, but separate IP range

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Tim Poulter
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