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Single SSID multiple passwords

Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:54 pm

Hello,
Is it at all possible to have a single SSID but have more then one password associated with it?
I ask because the idea came about of have a way for guest to access our wifi so they can get internet, but not be able to access our network.
I mean that if it's possible that the password is the one who dicide wich VLAN client can get.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:00 pm

use multiple ssids + vlans. the rest will just make your life harder, when stuff doesn't work on user side.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:06 pm

Please read this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=142154
Last edited by muetzekoeln on Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:51 pm

I understand what you are trying to achieve but have to ask, Why?
Just spin a second WLAN up and let them have a "-Guest" of your main SSID.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:21 pm

I understand that I will need a guest VLAN, but how can I have two passwords for the same SSID, where each password determines which VLAN the client connects to?
//Nizar
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:46 pm

You can only achieve that by setting password and vlan id per client MAC address. As you probably won't know all your guest's devices, you would have to set up an access rule for each of your private devices. I wouldn't recommend it, a second SSID is most likely the better solution.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:41 pm

In short you can't have the same SSID with 2 different passwords on the same wireless chip. On the interface you set the security profile.
A dual band router you can set the same SSID with different security profiles BUT if a device strays from one band to the other then it will get an error and drop out.
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:52 pm

I understand that I will need a guest VLAN, but how can I have two passwords for the same SSID, where each password determines which VLAN the client connects to?
//Nizar
I think this can be achieved with RADIUS authentication.
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:RADIUS_Client
 
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Re: Single SSID multiple passwords

Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:58 pm

just follow the link in #3. I use it in the same way for my untrusted iot devices. It is not a solution for a guest network imo.