Guest access is a great feature on many networks, but it can be difficult to set up and manage. In this article, we’ll show you how to enable guest access on your Eero Wi-Fi network. First, create a new user account on your Eero Wi-Fi network and enter the following information: Your name Your password The name of the account you created The password for the account Next, open your router’s settings and click on the " Guest Access" tab. Under " Guest Access Settings," you’ll need to set up two fields: " Allow Guests" and " Allow Guests with Specific Rights." In both cases, you’ll need to provide specific information about who should be able to access your network. For example, you might allow guests who are family members or friends only. You can also specify whether guests should be able to connect directly or through an intermediary such as a modem or router. Finally, under " Allow Guests with Specific Rights," you’ll need to provide specific instructions about how guests should be allowed onto your network. For example, they might be allowed only if they have an Eero account and are authenticated by their Eero username and password.
When you have guests over who want to use your Wi-Fi, Eero makes it really simple to create a guest network for them to connect to. That way they can get internet access, but they won’t be able to access your local network files or other devices.
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This is particularly useful if you share files over your home’s network that might contain sensitive information. Creating a separate guest Wi-Fi network is a great idea, especially since it allows you to keep your main Wi-Fi password secret.
To get started, open up the Eero app on your smartphone and tap on the menu button in the top-left corner of the screen.
Select “Guest Access” from the list.
Tap on the toggle switch to the right of “Enable” at the top.
Next, tap on “Network name” and give your guest Wi-Fi network a custom name if you’d like. By default, it will simply add “Guest” to the end of your current network name.
After that, tap on “Network password”. It will generate a random password that you can provide your guests.
However, if you want to create your own password, simply tap on “Edit password”, enter in a password, and then hit “Save”.
You can also tap on “Generate a new password” to have Eero come up with a new random password.
One you’ve set the network name and the password, it’s ready to go and guests can immediately connect to it from their devices. If you want to share the network name and password with your guests, you can send them a text message, email, etc. by tapping on “Share guest network”.
From there, pick a service you want to use to share your network details with others.
Eero will automatically create a passage with your guest network’s details that you can send to any of your friends, so that they can connect to your Wi-Fi right when they get to your house without having to ask.
Whenever you want to turn off the guest Wi-Fi network, simply just tap on the toggle switch next to “Enable” to turn it off.
