Help needed on assigning a device connected to media bridge to a guest network pro

[routerq]

I have a Asus Rt-ac86u working as a Media Bridge. It connects to my Main Routers 5G wifi network.
My main router is Rt-AX86U Pro running Merlin : 3006.102.5
I have a IOT only network running on 2.4g band. The guest network has a separate sub-net.

I see that I can assign the physical LAN port on the main router to the guest IOT networks.

I have a wired client connected to the Media bridge and I want it to be assigned to the Guest IOT Network. Any tips on how to do that?

TIA

 

[ColinTaylor]

You can't. The RT-AC86U's Media Bridge doesn't have VLAN support. And the SSID you're connecting to doesn't support multiple/split VLANs.

 

[routerq]

You can't. The RT-AC86U's Media Bridge doesn't have VLAN support. And the SSID you're connecting to doesn't support multiple/split VLANs.

Thanks.

So you are saying even if I get a media bridge that supports VLAN, still I cant do this as the Main AX86U Pro router does not support multiple/split VLANs?

 

[ColinTaylor]

So you are saying even if I get a media bridge that supports VLAN, still I cant do this as the Main AX86U Pro router does not support multiple/split VLANs?

Correct. Although I've never tried this myself, from everything I've read each SSID on the AX86U Pro can only be assigned to a single VLAN. I don't think it will "trunk" VLANs from a third party wireless bridge.

AFAIK It's not technically possible to have VLANs over Wi-Fi (in the same way as ethernet). I think you'd always have to have a separate SSID for each VLAN.

 

[routerq]

Correct. Although I've never tried this myself, from everything I've read each SSID on the AX86U Pro can only be assigned to a single VLAN. I don't think it will "trunk" VLANs from a third party wireless bridge.

AFAIK It's not technically possible to have VLANs over Wi-Fi (in the same way as ethernet). I think you'd always have to have a separate SSID for each VLAN.

thanks you sir for saving me time

loos like a cheap wifi adapter is on the buy list now

 

[Tech9]

AFAIK It's not technically possible to have VLANs over Wi-Fi

Not an option in Asuswrt for client connections, but possible with Private Pre-Shared Keys. It has some limitations. AiMesh with wireless backhaul must be doing it in background on routers with VLAN support to LAN port since port configuration on Node is available.

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/29887064407319-Using-PPSK-RADIUS-for-Multiple-VLANs-On-an-SSID-in-UniFi-Network

My Guest Network is running with PPSK on single SSID and separate VLAN.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Not an option in Asuswrt for client connections, but possible with Private Pre-Shared Keys. It has some limitations. AiMesh with wireless backhaul must be doing it in background on routers with VLAN support to LAN port since port configuration on Node is available.

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https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/29887064407319-Using-PPSK-RADIUS-for-Multiple-VLANs-On-an-SSID-in-UniFi-Network

My Guest Network is running with PPSK on single SSID and separate VLAN.

So that seems to confirm my suspicion that it's not technically possible without bespoke workarounds.

 

[Tech9]

With ASUS equipment the best option is Node with VLAN support, like another RT-AX86U Pro. It still can't do PPSK to wireless clients, but will do VLAN to Node LAN port or what @routerq wants to have.

 

[ColinTaylor]

loos like a cheap wifi adapter is on the buy list now

TP-Link do some Wi-Fi extenders for less than $20. Might be suitable if signal strength isn't an issue.