You may have just wanted to let them check their email or play a game online, but you’ve given them the freedom to roam anywhere they want on your internal network. In other words if you give your friend, neighbor, house guest, or whoever the password to your Wi-Fi AP, you’ve also given them access to your network printer, any open shares on your network, unsecured devices on your network, and so on. The default configuration for almost every home Wi-Fi access point/router is to use a single wireless access point and anyone authorized to access that AP is given access to the network as if they were wired right into the AP via Ethernet. The reason with the most practical application for the most number of people is simply isolating your home network so that guests can’t access things you wish to remain private. ![]() There are several very practical reasons for wanting to set up your home network to have dual access points (AP).
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