topic Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus in Broadband

Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

maulwurf — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:23:02 GMT

"Sky Ultrafast Plus" package to be installed here next week.

FTTP - Dublin, Ireland.

The hub is likely to be SR203 (AFAICT - happy to be corrected)

I am moving from Virgin media - with the Hub3 (cable broadband) installed ca. 2017.

I was told on the doorstep that setting-up a "Guest Network" would be no problem.
But, reading around the subject here, in preparation for next week, I wonder if this is in fact true?

The Virgin Hub makes it easy to create:

separate SSIDs e.g. for 5ghz and 2.4ghz (same password) and also
have a guest network (on 2.4ghz only), separate "guestSSID", separate guest password.

(This is more or less my setup at the moment.)

From what I read here a Guest network may be possible in some way with the SR203(?) (can't find the forum post at the moment...)

As a workaround "1." above, but with separate passwords for each SSID, might work for me (security-wise not ideal) - would that at least that be possible?

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

JimM1 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:51:57 GMT

@maulwurf NO Guest network at all on a sky Hub!

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

VaegaVic — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:55:45 GMT

Sadly Sky hubs don't offer guest networks, you'll have to seperate the SSID's into 2.4 & 5ghz to do something similar to what you describe, but I don't believe even this is possible on the newer hub.

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

jamesn123 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:00:23 GMT

@maulwurf

Whoever told you that should not have, Sky hubs do not have guest network capabilities and never have (Except their business hubs)

Splitting the WiFi bands to use as a makeshift guest/IoT network is also pointless because there is no client isolation between them.

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

maulwurf — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:51:44 GMT

Yeah, it's the isolation I'm looking for.
Lots of IOT devices here (most work better on 2.4ghz).

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

JimM1 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:04:56 GMT

@maulwurf Just get an AP that allows you to setup a guest network on it!

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

maulwurf — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:55:12 GMT

That sounds interesting. I didn't realise APs could isolate like this. I'll have to check it out.

Re: Guest network, Sky FTTP, Ultrafast Plus

jamesn123 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:47:59 GMT

@maulwurf

They wont isolate. An AP is an Access point and by definition is a point to access the main network. You would need an AP that has its own address space, or VLANs, for true IoT isolation, which then by definition would make it a router, not an AP