Can I use Guest WiFi from an Access Point

[MarkC1969]

We have an adjoining holiday let that I wish to share our internet with, but they are too far away to get reliable WiFi to the Home Hub.  I can run an ethernet cable easily enough and plug in an access point but then the guests are connected to the access point and not the Home Hub.

I don't think the guest WiFi function will work unless the guests connect directly to the Home Hub but I may be misunderstanding something.  I am having trouble wrapping my head around how this works so any pointers would be much appreciated.  Thanks all.

[Northerner]

Hi @MarkC1969 

Is the holiday let connected by electric cables to your main residence. 

You could also set up a separate mesh network with say Eero/Netgear and connect this to your main router via ethernet. 

If you ran a ethernet cable then set up an access point in the holiday let and manage access via that access point so "guest" option is not an issue. Again you can use whichever access point manufacturer you want at one end connected to the ethernet connection on your EE router. 

A few options really. 

Thanks 

[XRaySpeX]

Which router are you calling the "Home Hub"? What EE router & WiFi extenders do you have (read label or post a pix)?

The Guest WiFi network is propagated by EE Smart Hub Plus/Pro's themselves. I don't believe it is sent out by their EE WiFi extenders.

Anyway any AP or suchlike you connect by Ethernet to the router will be using the main network of that router, not the Guest network, & so any device connected to that AP could potentially have access to other devices on the main network. There would be no IP isolation.