Guest access for new Airports
Let your visitors online but not into your files
One of the neatest developments this week was the introduction of guest access on the new Airport Extreme and Time Capsules. Up to now, if you had guests staying you would have to give them your password to allow them to go online on your wireless network. This was all very well, but given that most people use the same password for almost all logins, this could mean revealing a bit more than you wished to a distant relative. Sometimes passwords chosen are personal reflections of the person's likes and dislikes, and revealing a password is like being asked for an intimate secret!
Now there will be two levels of access to your wireless network- one for you and your closest family, using your personal password; and one with guest access using a password which you don't mind handing out. Furthermore, you can restrict any shared drives on your network to the personal password network, and guest network will only allow your visitor internet access.
This is a great idea and one of those sensible moves we applaud.
One of the neatest developments this week was the introduction of guest access on the new Airport Extreme and Time Capsules. Up to now, if you had guests staying you would have to give them your password to allow them to go online on your wireless network. This was all very well, but given that most people use the same password for almost all logins, this could mean revealing a bit more than you wished to a distant relative. Sometimes passwords chosen are personal reflections of the person's likes and dislikes, and revealing a password is like being asked for an intimate secret!
Now there will be two levels of access to your wireless network- one for you and your closest family, using your personal password; and one with guest access using a password which you don't mind handing out. Furthermore, you can restrict any shared drives on your network to the personal password network, and guest network will only allow your visitor internet access.
This is a great idea and one of those sensible moves we applaud.
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