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Does enabling the Guest Network on a 4th Generation Airport Extreme have any impact on Dual-Band performance?
I have multiple 802.11/g devices that I want to use the 2.4GHz spectrum, and only occasional need for Guests. However, when Guest access is required, it is usually required suddenly, so it would be nice to have it always on.
Does enabling the Guest Network necessarily disable the dual-band, or do these capabilities co-exist?
I've got a multi-AirPort network set up, and only the AirPort that handles DHCP will allow me to see names. Under the DHCP Clients tab, there is a column for "Client Name":
I'd suspect that you're correct in thinking that by running in bridge mode, it won't show this information.
You are suffering from network congestion. Channel 11 is a very common channel and most 2.4GHz routers ship with that channel default. There are simply too many routers using channel 11 around your house.
However, not many people in your neighbourhood are using 5GHz channels, so that is free from network congestion.
The solution to this problem will be to change your 2.4GHz channel from 11 to something else.
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Guest network is just a VLAN and doesn't otherwise affect the channels or the antennas.
So - the guests could use bandwidth because they are connected, so if you ignore those effects, the guest network just tags along with the main channels and settings which doesn't have any major effects on the system.