Hi, I would like to give all my LED‘s at home dedicated IP addresses in the guest network. The setup in Airport Utility only gives me the ability to give dedicated IP Numbers in my „normal“ network IP range but not for the IP numbers in my guest network. Any ideas?
Thanks, Walter
Unfortunately, Apple was serious when they developed the Guest Network feature.......since it is designed to accommodate "guests" on a limited basis with limited functionality.
As you have already noted.......Apple's Guest Network design provides no means to set up Static IP or Reserved IP addresses for devices on the Guest Network.
What you are attempting is a bit tricky.
Unless you are prepared to move the IoT devices to main wireless network, you will have to be inventive.
There is a method.. after a bit of pondering Apple routers just happen to be one of the few devices that can assign a lot of static IP addresses.. most routers have a fairly limited set. Usually about 20. It takes a lot of space in NVRAM which is limited in most routers. Apple might store it differently. They seem to have a fairly large flash and must assign a fair amount to settings.
What you would need is to buy another Apple wireless router like AC version airport extreme.
It will need to be used in a special mode neither router nor bridge.. but DHCP. Since the airport will be handling the IoT stuff it will need DHCP turned on.. although you could also do this in the main TC and use a different wireless name on the Extreme. So there are a couple of solutions. It is not easy to find DHCP reservation limits on most routers as they seldom list it in specs and you need to look up each one. Strangely enough the Apple router is actually well suited to this job.
BTW.. what model is your Time Capsule??
If you cannot fix IP at the unit.. then sorry there is no way to do what you want. Most routers have limited number of static IP at the best of times. I will check on a couple of different brands but I really don't think guest is intended to be used this way.
Thank you all for the replies. I was already expecting an answer like this. I use a 2018 2TB TC but my daughter in the apartment below is also using this WIFI solution for surfing and the LED-Bulbs. The extreme is a good solution with an independent network but then I would have to add another repeater to get enough coverage for her apartment.
So I might move back the LED's to the "normal" network in order to be able to assign dedicated static IP's for them. I will soon install Homebridge and as far as I understood the LED's should then have static IP's
Thanks again and regards from Switzerland,
Walter
Time Capsule dedicated IP‘s in guest network
